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• Schizoid, Schizotypal or Schizophrenia?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 131
  Hi, firstly, english is not my native language, so forgive me if I make some grammatical mistakes. I’ve been experiencing depersonalization and other symptoms since I was 14 (I’m 20 now). It all started kind of suddenly and made me become very reclusive during my adolescence. At the time when I first started ...
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• Can Antidepressants alter the personality?

  
  Counselling Directory — Authority: 122
  A recent article featured in The Guardian has exposed fears that taking antidepressants may change aspects of a persons personality. The personality traits we inherit from our parents often have a huge bearing on our chances of becoming depressed. Neuroticism means that a person has a strong tendency towards ...
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• Pharma drugs & the questions they raise

  
  Mathia Lee ~ Plans and Preoccupations — Authority: 461
    Antidepressant Paxil Also May Affect Personality       (http://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20091207/antidepressant-paxil-may-also-affect-personality ) Besides treating depression , the antidepressant Paxil may affect personality traits in positive ways, a new study ...
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• By night “a darker personality” takes over

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 131
  I’m 16 and Indonesian. Like most teenagers, I’ve been through the “usual” stuff. I’ve been bullied since my first day of Elementary up to Junior High, I’ve considered suicide at least twice, I cut myself even in public (simply ignoring the fact that people are staring and that the school principal’s ...
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• Relationship between coping with negative life-events and psychopathology: Major depression and borderline personality disorder

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  Relationship between coping with negative life-events and psychopathology: Major depression and borderline personality disorder , Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Volume 82, Number 4, December 2009 , pp. 421-425 Wingenfeld, Katja et al.. Abstract: Ninety psychiatric ...
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• Combination of Personality Disorders?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 131
  I have been diagnosed with both narcissistic and avoidant personality disorders. Is it possible to have both of these at the same time? If I do have both, what is the best way to combat these disorders? A. It may be possible to have both disorders. I wonder if your therapist (or whoever diagnosed you) diagnosed you ...
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• Do you know anyone like this?

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 465
  Lorenzo ( Thinking Out Aloud ) has a great post up about narcissism. At its core, narcissism is very simple. It operates on the principle: My convenience comes first. This may look like simple selfishness and, of course, it is profoundly selfish. But the key feature of narcissism is that the principle goes ...
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• Chronic Personality Problems in Problem Relationships

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Not all abusers are created equal. That means not all abusers treatment is going to be effective. Ultimately, not all problem relationships have a solution. Thats not popular to hear–but it is realistic. If people who are in problem relationships want to avoid future problem relationships, they have to understand ...
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• A Randomized Trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Versus General Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  A Randomized Trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Versus General Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder, The American Journal of Psychiatry. Washington: Dec 2009. Vol. 166, Iss. 12; p. 1365 (10 pages) Shelley F McMain, Paul S Links, William H Gnam, Tim Guimond, et al Abstract: The ...
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• Most Read Article – The distinction between personality disorder and mental illness

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  The distinction between personality disorder and mental illness, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2002) 180: 110-115 R. E. KENDELL, FRSE University of Edinburgh, 3 West Castle Road, Edinburgh EH10 5AT, UK Abstract: Background Proposals by the UK Government for preventive detention of people ...
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• Personality Disorder pathways ‘tube map’

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  Personality Disorder pathways ‘tube map’   Click on the title above to obtain the full-text Abstract: The Personality Disorder pathways ‘tube map’ below is designed to help you understand the different tiers of mental health services and the pathways through care for people with personality ...
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• All About Delusional Disorder

  
  scarlett journey — Authority: 145
  Delusional disorder is characterized by the presence of recurrent, persistent non-bizarre delusions . Delusions are irrational beliefs, held with a high level of conviction, that are highly resistant to change even when the delusional person is exposed to forms of proof that contradict the ...
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• exhausted all options?

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 131
  My childhood was strange. The first born of four boys, as a child I had no friends or playmates or toys. My mother said her brother had been spoiled and vowed that she would not make the same mistake. I was raised with the instructions that I was born to take care of my mother and to wait on her. I was not to ...
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• Peaks, Rampton – Clinical and risk characteristics of patients admitted to a secure hospital-based Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder unit

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  Clinical and risk characteristics of patients admitted to a secure hospital-based Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder unit, Journal of Forensic Practice , 2009 Sep; 11(3): 19-27 Sheldon K; Krishnan G The Peaks Academic and Research Unit, Rampton Hospital and Institute of Mental Health, University of ...
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• I don’t know what’s going on anymore

  
  Ask the Therapist — Authority: 131
  From an 11 year old girl: Hi, I haven’t been like my self lately and I have so many worries that don’t make any sence to worry about dum stuff and right know I have no idea what I’m feeling I’m kind of just blank.I mean for the worring is like eg) “Oh I wander how my personality is is it more like House ...
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• Who should treat borderline personality disorder, and how?

  
  Medical Search Tips, News, and Information for Healthcare Professionals — Authority: 118
  Adolescent girls who have borderline personality disorder (BPD) pay more attention to negative facial expressions when they’re in a bad mood , according to this study from Germany. Mood-dependent therapy focusing on attentional issues might well be studied in addition to other interventions for BPD, the authors ...
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• MAPPA – Risk typologies of serious harm offenders managed under MAPPA: Mental health, personality disorders, and self-harm as distinguishing risk factors

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  Risk typologies of serious harm offenders managed under MAPPA: Mental health, personality disorders, and self-harm as distinguishing risk factors, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Volume 18, Issue 4 December 2007 , pages 470 – 481 Joanne Wood ,   MAPPA Support Unit, Manchester, UK ...
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• DSPD – A descriptive evaluation of patients and prisoners assessed for dangerous and severe personality disorder

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 142
  A descriptive evaluation of patients and prisoners assessed for dangerous and severe personality disorder, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 2009 Tim Kirkpatrick;  Simon Draycott;  Mark Freestone;  Sylvia Cooper;  Karen Twiselton;  Neil Watson;  Jacquie Evans;  Val Hawes;  Lawrence ...
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