Borderline personality disorder is a poorly understood mood disorder. An Emotional Hair Trigger, Often Misread New York Times looks at this psychiatric disorder.
People with the disorder are said to have a thin emotional skin and often behave like 2-year-olds, throwing tantrums when some innocent word, gesture, facial expression or action by others sets off an emotional storm they cannot control. The attacks can be brutal, pushing away those they care most about. Then, when the storm subsides, they typically revert to being “sweet and wonderful,” as one family member put it.
Q&A : Dr. Marsha Linehan answers reader questions about borderline disorder and dialectical behavior therapy
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The serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) with the 5-HTTLPR is located on chromosome 17.
Stressful life events are strongly associated with a person’s risk for
major depression, but a certain gene variation long thought to increase risk in conjunction with stressful life events actually may have no effect, according to researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in the June 17, 2009, issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association, challenges a widely accepted approach to studying risk factors for depression.
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More and more of America’s Internet-connected households report erosion of face-to-face family time, increased feelings of being ignored by family members using the Web, and growing concerns that children are spending too much time online.
Researchers at the Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School for Communication report the percentage of people who say they spend less time with household members since being connected to the Internet at home had nearly tripled, from 11 percent in 2006, to 28 percent in 2008. [continue reading…]
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 People with memory problems who are depressed are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than those who aren’t depressed, according to a new UCLA study. [continue reading…]
