July 22nd 2023
From a look at adolescent substance use to special challenges in treating borderline personality disorder during the perinatal period, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
2022 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference™ - Day Three
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2022 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference™ - Day Two
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2022 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference™ - Day One
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Recognizing Rett Syndrome Early to Improve Long-Term Management Outcomes
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Shaping the Management of Multiple Sclerosis – The Potential for BTK Inhibitors in Clinical Practice
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Transforming Multiple Sclerosis Care – Clinical Updates on the Effects of BTK Inhibitors
10/13/2023
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2023 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference
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From Clinical Trials to Clinical Practice – Incorporating Screening and Assessment Strategies for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease
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Taking Pompe Disease Management to the Next Level: Optimizing Clinical Assessments and Treatment Decision-Making
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities in Stroke Care: How Can We Play an Active Role in Improving Outcomes for All Patients?
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2022 4th Annual International Congress on the Future of Neurology
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Understanding Best Care Practices for Hemorrhagic Stroke – A Focus on the Role of DOAC Reversals
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Clinical Consultations™: Integrating Modern Antipsychotic Medications into the Management of Patients with Schizophrenia
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Collaborating Across the Continuum™ : Managing Relapsing MS – A Focus on the Utility of CD20-Targeted B-Cell Therapy
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Challenges in Diagnosis and Management for Patients with ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: A Family Physicians’ Guide to Migraine Treatment – Emerging Therapies and Evolving Paradigms
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PER® Postgame™: MS Meeting Updates – Integrating the Latest Data to Optimize Care in the COVID-19 Era
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Medical Crossfire®: What Strategies Can the Care Team Implement to Optimize the Management of Pediatric Patients with NF1?
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Visualizing the Role of Antipsychotics in the Management of Schizophrenia: What is the Role of TAAR1?
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Patient, Provider, & Caregiver Connection: Individualizing Care in Multiple Sclerosis – Understanding Patient Challenges and the Role of Innovative Treatment
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BURST CME™: Taking ALS Management to the Next Level
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FAQs in MS: Exploring Provocative Questions From MS Meeting Updates
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The Expanding Role of Fluid Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Alzheimer Disease
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Targeting Immune Cells to Treat Multiple Sclerosis
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Improving Care for Patients with Motor Complications of Parkinson Disease: Role of Technology and Data
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Clinical Consultations™: Considerations for Customizing Care Plans for Patients with Parkinson Disease Psychosis
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Advances In™ Schizophrenia: Expanding the Therapeutic Landscape
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Visualizing New Therapeutic Targets in Schizophrenia
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Advances In Treating Migraine in Your OB/GYN Practice: Navigating Treatment Paradigms to Improve Patient Care
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Splitting Countertransference
August 25th 2006Splitting, archetypally imbedded in a patient's psychic structure, acts as a powerful unconscious force to protect against the ego's perception of dangerous anxiety and intense affects. Rather than providing real protection, splitting leads to destructive behavior and turmoil in patients' lives.
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With its focus on both behavior modification and mindfulness training, dialectical behavior therapy has proven quite effective in treating patients with borderline personality disorder. This article provides a primer on a modified version of this outpatient treatment for borderline patients with substance use disorders, a comorbid condition that may affect as many as two-thirds of patients with BPD.
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Borderline Personality Disorder: An Overview
July 1st 2004Borderline personality disorder is a complex, disabling disorder. The chairperson for the American Psychiatric Association workgroup for the evidence-based practice guideline on its treatment gives an overview of this disorder's etiologies, neurobiology, longitudinal course and recommended treatments. Future directions for both treatments and research are also discussed.
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Assessing Suicide Risk in Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder
July 1st 2004Patients with borderline personality disorder are at a much higher risk for suicide attempts than patients with almost any other mental illness. Here, a case report and examples are presented to help clinicians assess, diagnose and treat patients with BPD who have attempted or are threatening suicide.
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A Patient With Panic Disorder Abetted by a Dependent Personality
November 1st 1999By the time I interviewed Robyn in the emergency room, her panic attack had all but passed. But this 21-year-old woman was still shaken and tearful. This was her first panic attack, and she did not know what hit her. She thought she was having a heart attack. She had a tight feeling in her chest, she was hyperventilating. Her fingers and feet were numb and tingling. She experienced what she called a "closing in feeling." Robyn thought she was going to die.
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Splitting Countertransference
November 1st 1998A popular slang definition of the verb to split is "to depart," or "to leave." In this context, to split describes the occasional wish of a psychiatrist who may be mired in the chaos created by the behavior of a patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The primary definition of to split is "to divide sharply or cleanly."
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Narcissistic Personality: A Stable Disorder or a State of Mind?
February 1st 1996For clinicians, the assiduous and sustained resistance to change common in patients with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) has been especially noticeable and trying. However, until recently the natural course of NPD has not received much attention in the clinical and empirical literature, and there is very little documented knowledge about the factors that might contribute to changes.
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