Personality Disorders News

The U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress will begin Friday, October 21 and conclude Monday, October 24.

The upcoming U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress Conference will fulfill this year’s theme of “mental wellness” through a plethora of offerings, including educational sessions, networking events, poster presentations, exhibitions and more

Exposure to violence increased risk for violent crime among individuals with and without psychotic disorders, and parental bereavement particularly increased risk for crime among those with schizophrenia.

The comorbidity of HIV and a serious mental illness such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia presents multiple challenges for patients and clinicians. Risk factors for HIV acquisition, issues related to treatment engagement — including the choice of therapeutic regimens and medication adherence — and stigma associated with both conditions all complicate the treatment of this population.

ATLANTA — In this video, Harold Koenigsberg, MD, professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, presents findings from neuroimaging studies that used functional MRI to characterize emotional dysregulation and borderline personality disorder.

ATLANTA — Marianne Goodman, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, discusses a workshop she conducted here regarding the management of suicidality in borderline personality disorder.

Certain nonpsychotic disorders were associated with elevated stroke risk in young men, but the link was attenuated by higher levels of CV fitness, according to new findings.

Remission and recurrence of borderline personality disorder symptoms were common, though acute symptoms, such as self-mutilation and help-seeking suicide attempts, were more likely to remit and less likely to recur than temperamental symptoms.

Recent findings indicated the majority of individuals who received euthanasia or assisted suicide had chronic, severe conditions, personality disorders, and were described as socially isolated or lonely, with histories of attempted suicides and psychiatric hospitalizations.

As the New Year begins to pick up speed, Healio.com/Psychiatry took a moment to reflect on the most popular psychiatry news stories published in January 2016.