Borderline Personality News

October 26, 2007

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Fake doctor will be jailed if she poses again
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A New South Wales woman with a personality disorder has been handed a suspended jail sentence for masquerading as a retired doctor.

State Hospital wants accused arsonist in jail
Rutland Herald
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION -- Authorities from the Vermont State Hospital want Cheryle Potwin back in prison and out of one of their psychiatric beds. Potwin, 49, of Sharon, has been in the State Hospital since July after a district judge ordered a fourth evaluation. Potwin claims she has at least nine different personalities and suffers from multiple personality disorder. Potwin was arrested in ...

Demystifying courtroom science
The Trenton Times
Linda R. Feinberg, Mercer County's top judge, remembers the case vividly. It was a custody hearing for a 12-year-old girl who had developed a multiple personality disorder after being sexually abused.

Impulsivity May Especially Vex Alcoholics With Antisocial And Borderline Personality Disorders
Science Daily
Impulsivity is a problem common to many different personality and psychiatric disorders, including alcoholism. A new study that looked at impulsivity among alcoholic subpopulations has found that, one, the inability to delay gratification may be a vulnerability marker for alcoholism, and two, certain inhibitory-control issues may be specific to antisocial and borderline personality disorders.

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