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May 1, 2018

A Matter of Life and Death

Imagine: you work or go to school full-time, maybe you do both. You may come home and study, do laundry, clean, cook dinner and, on top of it all, take care of your family too. Now imagine your full plate of work and daily errands while also waking up each day and having near…

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Apr 17, 2018

Where Drama Meets Disorder

When we think of someone having a mental disorder, we often think of someone staying in bed for days, experiencing crippling anxiety or abandoning their responsibilities. We don’t often think of a mental disorder having to do with overdramatic, overly sexual, or theatrical…

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Apr 3, 2018

BPD: Different Stigma for Different Genders

When it comes to a physical illness such as a heart attack, gender differences can be undeniably obvious. According to Harvard Medical School, some of these differences include the average age of a first heart attack to the survival rate to treatment…

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Mar 13, 2018

Seeing Eye-to-Eye on Personality Disorders

In a world full of millions of people, there is said to be about sixteen types of personalities when it comes to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which is a well-known inventory used to distinguish personality types. While it sounds like only…

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Feb 25, 2018

Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Fact or Fiction

We all have that friend who can’t stop taking selfies. That sibling that must look at themselves every time they pass a mirror. That co-worker that can’t stop talking about themselves. The truth of the matter is we all have traits and…

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Feb 12, 2018

A World of Bias

According to a recent study, conducted by Gawda and Czubak, it was found that the prevalence rate for having at least one personality disorder (abbreviated PD) is approximately 9% for adults. Personality Disorders aren’t the most common mental disorders; however, they are one of the most important…

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Apr 18, 2017

Breaking Down Personality

Psychotherapy, ACT, CBT, DBT…what does it all mean and what are personality disorders?

The DSM-V defines Personality Disorders (PD) as the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within a person that influence his or her interactions and adaptations to…

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Mar 5, 2017

The Many Faces of Hollywood

Psychiatrist Dr. Garrett Marie Deckel received an email last week from a patient with multiple personalities, a condition known as dissociative identity disorder, or DID. “There’s a new movie out about a person with DID. It’s a thriller/horror movie,” her patient wrote, referring…

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Feb 21, 2017

With Love, BPD

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and marked impulsivity. Individuals with BPD make frenzied efforts to avoid real, or imagined abandonment. Their perception of impending separation, or rejection can lead to…

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Dec 5, 2016

“You’re Just Paranoid”

You’re studying for an exam tomorrow. You’ve been reading through the material for the past few hours and slowly begin to understand and retain the information. As you prepare to go over it once more, you suddenly have a thought: what if this material isn’t on the exam. At the same time…