An interesting article Abstract: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a psychological issue that’s diagnosed in about 2% of the population – more than bipolar & schizophrenia combined. Source: About Borderline Personality Disorder – SACAP
An interesting article Abstract: Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder generally believe that the world revolves around them. This condition is characterized by a lack of ability to empathize with others and a desire to keep the focus on themselves at all times. Source: Narcissistic Personality Disorder | Psychology Today
An interesting article Abstract: Eating disorders are complex mental health disorders that occur in many different forms, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and eating disorders not otherwise specified. While each type of eating disorder has its own set of associated symptoms, all types of eating disorders have the potential to cause long-term damage to the body’s organs. Complications from the disorders, as well as co-existing mental health disorders, are wide ranging and sometimes fatal. Appropriate and prompt eating…
An Interesting article: Source: Antisocial Personality Disorder
An Interesting article: Abstract: What is Self-Esteem? Self-Esteem refers to how you feel about yourself, how you judge yourself and your worth, whether that is positively or negatively. How you see yourself: what do you picture when you picture yourself in your mind? What you believe about yourself and your own appearance: how would you describe yourself? How you feel about you? Is it good or bad; do you view yourself as a person of worth? People with healthy self-esteem…
Abstract Background Epidemiological data on personality disorders, comorbidity and associated use of services are essential for health service policy.Aims To measure the prevalence and correlates of personality disorder in a representative community sample.Method The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM–IVAxis II disorders was used to measure personality disorder in 626 persons aged 16–74 years in households in England, Scotland and Wales, in a two-phase survey.Results The weighted prevalence of personality disorder was 4.4% (95% CI 2.9–6.7).Rates were highest among men, separated…
An interesting article Abstract: When I first read I Hate You Don’t Leave Me, it said what I needed to hear–I needed to know what I was up against, needed to have the seriousness emphasized. When the golden “overachiever” who *thinks* she can just let “everything roll off her back” ended up in the Psych ward three times and was immersed in a thrice weekly therapy she used to think was rubbish–the author’s blunt rhetoric and assessment was quite helpful…
I’ve come to understand that Bulimia isn’t precisely what one may read or hear about through the media or generally on the internet, in documentaries and the like. What is said in these sources is not untrue, but there’s a lot more to bulimia than the central themes which they paint for one to know about. The central themes we’re informed of through these sources are body image and food irregularities; we’re given to understand that Bulimia is very much…
An Interesting Essay: An essay or paper on Childhood Sexual Abuse & Eating Disorders. Ongoing research into eating disorders is a significant and important need; this because over 35 percent of American women engage in binge eating, eight percent attempt to control their weight through self-induced vomiting, and nearly Source: Childhood Sexual Abuse & Eating Disorders
I think that the very serious nature of these disorder can sometimes be overlooked. It is perhaps not well understood that Bulimia is often a co-morbidity or co-occurring disorder with other disorders which have less physical but equally serious negative effects and risks. A very interesting article: Eating disorders and borderline personality disorder frequently occur together. Learn more about both eating disorders and borderline personality. Source: Eating Disorders and Borderline Personality