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The relationship between body mass index, binge eating disorder and suicidality

The relationship between body mass index, binge eating disorder and suicidality

BMC Psychiatry. 2018; 18: 196. Published online 2018 Jun 15. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1766-z PMCID: PMC6003111 PMID: 29907143 Kristal Lyn Brown,1 Jessica Gokee LaRose,1 and Briana Mezuk2,3 Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Background While restrictive and compensatory eating disorders (e.g. anorexia and bulimia) are associated with elevated risk of suicide, less is known about binge eating disorder (BED). There is suggestive evidence of a U-shaped relationship between body…

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A comparison of borderline personality disorder with and without eating disorders

A comparison of borderline personality disorder with and without eating disorders

Psychiatry Res. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Nov 30. Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2009 Nov 30; 170(1): 86–90. Published online 2009 Sep 30. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.006 PMCID: PMC2775067 NIHMSID: NIHMS149659 PMID: 19796824 Eunice Yu Chen,a,* Milton Zebediah Brown,b Melanie Susanna Harned,c and Marsha Marie Linehanc Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer The publisher’s final edited version of this article is available at Psychiatry Res See other articles in PMC that cite the published article. Abstract This…

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The relationship between suicide and violence in schizophrenia: Analysis of the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) dataset

The relationship between suicide and violence in schizophrenia: Analysis of the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) dataset

KatrinaWitta KeithHawtonb SeenaFazela a University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK b Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK Received 28 October 2013, Revised 20 January 2014, Accepted 2 February 2014, Available online 26 February 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2014.02.001 Under a Creative Commons license open access Abstract Background Suicide and violence often co-occur in the general population as well as in mentally ill individuals. Few studies, however, have…

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Comorbid Clinical and Personality Disorders: The Risk of Suicide

Comorbid Clinical and Personality Disorders: The Risk of Suicide

Rahel Eynan, PhD Ravi Shah, MD Paul Links, MD Feb 29, 2016 Volume: 33 Issue 2 TABLE. DSM-V personality disorders with frequently reported comorbid Axis I disorders Clinical disorders (ie, Axis I disorders) often coexist with personality disorders. Patients with these comorbidities can be some of the most challenging for psychiatrists, because they pose a real and substantial risk for suicide and suicidal behavior. DSM-5 groups the 10 personality disorders into clusters A, B, and C. The prevalence of cluster…

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Managing Suicide Risk in Borderline Personality Disorder | Psychiatric Times

Managing Suicide Risk in Borderline Personality Disorder | Psychiatric Times

  May 01, 2012 | By Robert J. Gregory, MD Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often high users of health care and may present with multiple crises and minor incidents of self-harm or threats.1 As with the boy who cried wolf, inpatient consultants and health care providers may end up feeling manipulated and may not take suicide risk very seriously. CASE VIGNETTE Ms A, a 22-year-old, was brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance; she had overdosed…

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Assessing Suicidal Youth With Antisocial, Borderline, or Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Assessing Suicidal Youth With Antisocial, Borderline, or Narcissistic Personality Disorder

  In Review Paul S Links, MD1, Brent Gould, MD2, Ruwan Ratnayake3     Objective: This paper has 3 objectives. First, we review the epidemiologic evidence for the association between suicidal behaviour and suicide in individuals diagnosed with anti- social, borderline, or narcissistic personality disorder. Second, we examine whether any potentially modifiable risk factors are associated with these diagnoses, based on existing empirical evidence. Last, we discuss clinical approaches to assessing youth with antisocial, borderline, or narcissistic personality disorder presenting…

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Five Ethical and Clinical Challenges Psychiatrists May Face When Treating Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Who Are or May Become Suicidal

Five Ethical and Clinical Challenges Psychiatrists May Face When Treating Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder Who Are or May Become Suicidal

Edmund Howe, MD, JD Author information ►Copyright and License information ► Abstract This article discusses five core ethical and clinical questions psychiatrists should consider when they treat patients with borderline personality disorder who are or may be suicidal. These questions include whether psychiatrists should tell patients their diagnosis, what they should tell them about their suicide risk, whether they should be “always” available by phone, when they should hospitalize these patients involuntarily, and how they should respond after these patients…

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