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Friday, October, 23, 2009

What Are The Symptoms Of Personality Disorder

Health Encyclopedia: Depression Risk

Risk Factors


According to a major surveys, more than 13% of Americans experience major depression disorder over the course of their lifetimes. Furthermore, an estimated 18 million Americans experience major depression each year. Depression is second only to high blood pressure as a chronic condition encountered by primary care doctors. Depression is an illness that can afflict anyone, regardless of age, race, class, or gender. A third of all depressed people consider suicide, and 9% attempt it.

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Expert & Community Posts

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Predicting Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...system (DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10) refers to schizotypal personality disorder. In fact two categories... Read more »

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Is It Bipolar? Or Is It Something Else?
By John McManamy , Health Expert

...distinction between various mood (and other) disorders and personality disorders. The... Read more »

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Some hope for Borderline Personality Disorder
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a personality disorder that is often accompanied by... Read more »

Health Guide

Eating Disorders: Risk Factors
...average on IQ tests. People with bulimia, but not anorexia, had higher nonverbal than verbal scores.Personality DisordersA 2000 study reported that people with eating disorders tended to share... Read more »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Causes
...be fully understood, however. Studies have not found any consistent association between emotional or personality disorders and CFS to explain a causal role. Psychological factors, then, are... Read more »
Eating Disorders: Introduction
...are behavioral issues brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorders, family pressures, a possible genetic or biologic susceptibility, and a... Read more »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Risk Factors
...childhood. The bottom line is that studies have not found any consistent association between emotional or personality disorders and CFS to explain any causal role. Some may however, serve as a... Read more »
Depression Basics
Everyone experiences some unhappiness, often as a result of a change, either in the form of a setback or a loss, or simply, as Freud said, "everyday misery." The painful feelings that... Read more »

Medications

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...you have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or personality disorder. In such cases, if you... Read more »

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...you have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or personality disorder. In such cases, if you... Read more »

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A mother asks experts why her 36-year-old daughter's borderline personality disorder is suddenly worsening.  Dr. Charles Raison responds to the... Read summary »

New study looks at ADHD, substance abuse link
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A new study is going to examine the links between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance abuse. This European project will last 14... Read summary »

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According to experts, borderline personality disorder is a poorly understood yet common mood disorder that is often misread by the friends and family... Read summary »

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