News tagged with borderline personality

Full recovery now possible for an 'untreatable' mental illness

Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 3

Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome ...

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Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas ...

Studies suggest males have more personality

Biology / Plants & Animals

Nov 18, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (9) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Males have more pronounced personalities than females across a range of species - from humans to house sparrows - according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression ...

Personality predicts success in medical school, says new study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 03, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Personality characteristics play a major role in determining who succeeds in medical school, according to new research published in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology. The study, co-authored by Univer ...

The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...

Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Unrealistic optimism about drinking behavior can lead to later alcohol-related problems, according to research published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official monthly journa ...

Why can't some people give up cocaine?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 19, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score ...

Fish with attitude: Some like it hot

Biology / Plants & Animals

Dec 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive.

Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...

Study shows dream-enacting behavior is common in healthy young adults

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 01, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 1

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women.