Posts Tagged ‘Eating Disorders’
Releasing Body Shaming
She sat there taking in the radiant sunbeams, soaking in every last ray upon her chest before the sun set on the first day of 2015. The concepts of a New Year and its resolutions were non-existent, so she wasn’t genuflecting to the next 364 days ahead of her. She was just there, present to the…
Read MoreBPD in Men: We Can Have Borderline Personality Disorder, Too
Dr. Robert Fischer, executive director of the Optimum Performance Institute and its OPI Intensive, was interviewed by Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC, and C.R. Zwolinski, Authors of the 2009 Bestseller Therapy Revolution: Find Help, Get Better, and Move On without Wasting Time or Money and the Therapy Soup blog at PsychCentral.com. The original interview appeared on PsychCentral.com. Borderline…
Read MoreDSM-5 and How it Affects the Diagnosis of BPD
Changes to the DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, often referred to as the “bible” for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and the subject of much recent controversy, affect several diagnoses, including that of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).” Changes to the BPD diagnosis in the new DSM-5 involve radical changes that fundamentally amend a…
Read MoreEating Disorder Awareness – Statistically the Deadliest of all Mental Illnesses
“Eating Disorders,” a hot topic of conversation in our national dialog this week because February 24th through March 2nd marks the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. “Eating disorders affect over 11 million people in the U.S.,” says one of many e-mails I recently received on this topic. Others inform me that: “….10-15% of those with…
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