Borderline Personality News
June 29, 2007
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Panel: Suspend judge
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Mason Municipal Court Judge George Parker should be suspended for one
year, according to the Ohio Supreme Court's disciplinary panel. He also
could face six more months of suspension if he fails to continue
psychotherapy for his narcissistic personality disorder.
Addict died after drug 'cocktail'
wigantoday.net
A mother-of-three from Hindley Green died sitting cross-legged on the
floor at her friend's home, after taking a "cocktail" of diazepam,
alcohol, and the heroin substitute methadone.
Serial and
Mass Killers as Familiar Figures
BellaOnline
Are most serial killers pathological narcissists? Is there a strong
connection? Is the pathological narcissist more at risk of becoming a
serial killer than a person not suffering from the disorder?
Gene Variant Increases Risk For Alcoholism Following Childhood Abuse
Science Daily
Girls who suffered childhood sexual abuse are more likely to develop
alcoholism later in life if they possess a particular variant of a gene
involved in the body's response to stress, according to a new study. The
new finding could help explain why some individuals are more resilient
to profound childhood trauma than others.
Fulton judge declines to delay execution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fulton County Judge Stephanie Manis ruled Monday that the execution of a
triple murderer can proceed. Attorneys for John Hightower filed a
last-minute appeal to Manis to postpone Hightower's execution, which is
scheduled for Tuesday. Hightower's attorney Jack Martin argued that
lethal injection is unconstitutional. Martin also argued that recent
changes made in lethal injection procedures made by ...
Tube Killer Had Warned His Doctors
RedNova
A MENTAL patient pushed a commuter to his death under a train just two
weeks after telling doctors he would do exactly that, a court heard
yesterday. Mental health bosses nevertheless decided to allow Mehmet
Bala, 20, out of hospital for two or three hours a day.
Marsha Linehan: Dialectic Behavioral Therapy
Psychiatric Times
For her work in establishing the Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
model for use with chronically suicidal individuals suffering from
borderline personality disorder (BPD), Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D., is this
year's recipient of the annual research award given by the New York
City-based American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Linehan is
professor of psychology and adjunct professor of ...
Kashmir an exception
Greater Kashmir
Srinagar, June 23: The World Health Organization (WHO) statistics for
2005 shows the rate of suicides in Muslim world is 0.1 to 0.2 per
100,000. The low rate of suicides is attributed to strong religious
beliefs in these societies.
Excessive jealousy
led to fire-bomb murder
Stuff
A woman whose obsessive jealousy drove her to commit murder has been
jailed for life for her part in a molotov cocktail attack that killed
the wrong woman.
Assessing Suicide Risk in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder
Psychiatric Times
Patients with borderline personality disorder are at a much higher risk
for suicide attempts than patients with almost any other mental illness.
Here, a case report and examples are presented to help clinicians
assess, diagnose and treat patients with BPD who have attempted or are
threatening suicide.
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