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JAN 6 2021
Overcoming borderline personality disorder: A mental health success story
Detroit Lakes Tribune
This is the sixth story in the 10-part series, "Inside Out: A Step Inside Mental Illness." It focuses on borderline personality disorder. Samantha Hedden, 32, was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2016 and, through a regiment of therapy, prescribed medications and the support of loved ones, this year, she received her master's degree in curriculum, pedagogy and schooling from Metro State University.
DEC 20, 2020
“Tomorrow I’ll Be Someone Else”: Living With Borderline Personality Disorder
Refinery 29
New research on personality disorders identifies key high-yield questions. In order to address the need for a brief personality disorder screen, which would be helpful given how intensive full evaluation is, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, as described in their recent paper in the Journal of Personality Disorders (2020), tested a brief scale to screen for personality issues through the degree of agreement or disagreement with three key items.
DEC 11, 2020
How to Treat Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Healthline
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) under the “personality disorders” category. NPD is characterized by a: lack of empathy; strong need for admiration; and pervasive pattern of grandiosity. We often hear the word “narcissist” used in general conversation. In this context, people are usually referring to one who exhibits some self-centered, vain behavior. with therapy.