Psychiatric Times

JUNE 13, 2025

He has been on an antipsychotic medication to treat schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, for 12 years. He had multiple hospitalizations for psychotic and manic decompensations in his 20s, but he has done well over the past 10 years, which you attribute both to his medication adherence and minimal psychosocial stressors.

Bipolar disorder 107

Bipolar disorder Sleep and mental health Eating disorders Self-awareness 107

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

It’s tragic that these people may then be wrongly labelled as personality disordered, bipolar, or psychotic. A person may come into hospital on no drugs at all, only to leave with several psychiatric drugs, often causing adverse side effects which leads to more prescriptions to counteract the side effects.

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Sleep and mental health Personality disorders Self-awareness 143

Mad in America

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Clients should be well aware of the responsible boundaries separating them from their therapist. Trends in Diagnosis One day, I mustered the courage to ask him if my assumption that I might have borderline personality disorder was accurate. He chuckled and retorted, “You think you have borderline personality disorder?

Eating disorders 121

Eating disorders Bipolar disorder Self-awareness Personality disorders 121

My Psychiatry

APRIL 15, 2025

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex mental health condition marked by intense emotions, unstable relationships, a fluctuating self-image, and impulsive behaviors. TMS is drug-free, involves no systemic side effects, and does not require anesthesia or hospitalization. What is Quiet BPD? Is quiet BPD common?

Dialectical Behavior Therapy 52

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Self-awareness Personality disorders 52

Now Psych

MARCH 25, 2024

Brief overview of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental health condition that causes significant instability in emotions, behavior, relationships, and self-image. What is Borderline Personality Disorder? How Common is Borderline Personality Disorder?

Personality disorders 52

Personality disorders Genetics and mental health Trauma and the brain Self-awareness 52

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

We consider the consequences of diagnosis as a form of social identity; of neurodivergence as a form of disability; and of self-diagnosis. The re-framing of diagnosis as identity in some parts of the neurodiversity movement leads to an insistence on identity-first language—an ‘autistic person’ rather than ‘a person with autism.’

Trauma and the brain 143

Trauma and the brain Genetics and mental health Self-awareness Personality disorders 143

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While expanding trauma criteria is often justified as necessary for inclusivity and compassion, critics contend that these expansions may be driven, by some, out of self-interest. TIC has become so popular that its approach is boasted by most hospitals, schools , social services, correctional facilities.

Resilience and coping 143

Resilience and coping Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Nutrition and mood 143