Personality Disorders
Commentary
The ‘borderlinization’ of our society and the mental health crisis
We appreciated Dr. Nasrallah’s recent editorial1 that implicated smartphones, social media, and video game addiction, combined with the pandemic,...
From the Journals
ADHD meds cut hospitalization risk in borderline personality disorder patients
Medications including benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, and antidepressants were associated with an increased risk of all-cause hospitalization or...
Shrink Rap News
Prescribing lifestyle changes: When medicine isn’t enough
In prescribing lifestyle changes, it is important to offer most of these changes as suggestions, not as things we insist on.
Pearls
Diagnosing borderline personality disorder: Avoid these pitfalls
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with impaired psychosocial functioning, reduced quality of life, increased use of health care...
Feature
Tips for addressing uptick in mental health visits: Primary care providers collaborate, innovate
Clinical psychologist recommends primary care providers screen all adult patients for depression and anxiety.
Latest News
Serious mental illness not a factor in most mass school shootings
More than three-quarters of all perpetrators of mass murders in academic settings had no recorded history of psychotic symptoms.
Conference Coverage
Docs can help combat TikTok misinformation on rare psychiatric disorder
While social media allows for instant communication, there are mounting concerns about the spread of misinformation and its potential impact on...
Commentary
Choosing our terms: The diagnostic words we use can be harmful
Can psychiatry find better terms to communicate hard to hear information, with words that are less problematic?
Shrink Rap News
The newest form of mommy shaming: The 'narcissistic mother'
While we have decided what parents owe our children, it is unclear what parents might ask in return.
From the Journals
Predicting BPD vs. bipolar treatment response: New imaging data
“This study can help clinicians with clinical prediction of treatment efficacy between BD and BPD and clarify the neural mechanism of treatment,”...
Commentary
Cultivating strength: Psychological well-being after nonfatal suicide attempts
People desire lives that they enjoy and find meaningful, and having a history of suicide attempts does not preclude the prospect of such a life....