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Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents

By Blaise Aguirre, MD — 2012

BPD appears to be a neurodevelopmental disorder, influenced by the person’s genetics and brain development and shaped by early environment, including attachment and traumatic experiences.

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It’s Time to Stop Taking Things Personally

Cognitive distortions are errors in thinking. Although they’re easy to define and often easy to recognize in ourselves, they can be hard to overcome. They’re worth learning about and working on, though, because they can make us miserable (or, as I think of it, intensify our mental suffering).

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Toni Bernhard
2018
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Former Therapist: VA Is Hurting Mental Health Care for Combat Veterans at Its Vet Centers

A former VA therapist says productivity pressure on counselors who treat veterans for mental health issues like PTSD is hurting the quality of care.

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Courtney Kube and Rich Gardella
2019
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Reclaiming Lost Talent by the Millions

It’s time to treat the chronic brain disease called addiction.

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Edward Hallowell
2018
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The Beauty in Mental Illness

Look more closely and you’ll see.

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Edward Hallowell
2018
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Experimental Treatments Changed the Course of the AIDS Epidemic; We Need the Same Approach to Mental Illness Today | Commentary

Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.

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Monnica Williams, Morgan Campbell
2021
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Evaluating the Effects of Medication

When a medication is being evaluated to modify the behavior of a person with autism, one must assess the risks versus the benefits.

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Temple Grandin
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: Part 2

Childhood trauma has an effect on adult mental illness

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Marilyn Wedge
2018
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The Shamanic View of Mental Illness

In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé. Thus, mental disorders are spiritual emergencies, spiritual crises, and need to be regarded as such to aid the healer in being born.

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Stephanie Marohn
2014
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Schizophrenia: Hallucinations and Delusions

Learn how to recognize the varying types of halluncinations and delusions that are among the most common symptoms of schizophrenia.

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Kathleen Smith
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