Borderline Personality News
September 19, 2006
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Survey: Caregivers of people with mental illness say treatment
disruption has serious consequences
EurekAlert!
Springfield, VA - September 18, 2006 -- The disruption of a family
member's treatment for mental illness and subsequent worsening of
psychiatric symptoms can have harsh financial, physical and emotional
consequences for families, according to results from an international
survey of caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
and schizoaffective disorder.
State ready for trial
The Jackson Sun
Accused gunman David Lynn Jordan was going through intense emotional
distress in the days before his wife and four other people were shot at
the Tennessee Department of Transportation maintenance garage in Jackson
where she worked, according to a psychologist who evaluated Jordan in
2005.
PENN Medicine News: Penn Professor Receives Lasker Award for Developing
Cognitive Therapy
University of Pennsylvania Health System
(Philadelphia, PA) - Aaron T. Beck, MD , University Professor Emeritus
of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is the
recipient of the 2006 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
. Often called "America's Nobels," the Laskers are the nation's most
distinguished honor for outstanding contributions to basic and clinical
medical research.
Narcissists in the spotlight
Macon Telegraph
Let's say there's a famous movie star who thinks he owns Malibu, or a
big-name actor who holds himself out as an expert on psychiatry on
national television. Or maybe there's a famous actress who frequently
calls in sick to the movie set, costing producers thousands of dollars,
because she is tired (or hung over). Aren't these examples just proof
that celebrity and narcissism go together like
Bigby's drug use, personality cited
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
James Eugene Bigby's aggressive personality, fueled by depression and
drug use -- not mental illness -- led him to kill four people in 1987,
two mental-health experts testified Monday.
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