|
|
|
Welcome to the Quality Counts. For those health conscious consumers and medical professionals that are looking to purchase nutritional supplements, vitamins, herbs, learning about medications, losing weight, health food, low carbs, high protein nutrition, and exercise, you have come to the right place. Quality Counts serves both the medical practitioner and consumer interested in nutritional therapy and alternative medicine.
Home > Health Conditions > Borderline Personality Disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Alternative News:
- Essential Fatty Acid Beneficial for Women with Personality Disorder - New Hope Natural Media, 7/3/03 -
"30 women with moderately severe BPD between the ages of 18 and 40 received
500 mg twice a day of EPA or a similar looking placebo for eight weeks ... Compared with the placebo group, average aggression and depression scores decreased in the EPA treatment group by 44% and 22%, respectively ... a purified EPA product, called ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid
(E-EPA), was used in this study. This product is not yet commercially available" - See Mega Twin EPA at Vitacost
or
iHerb .
- Fish Oil Soothes Personality Disorder - WebMD, 1/17/03 -
"a new study shows daily fish oil supplementation can significantly reduce their symptoms without the negative side
effects associated with other treatments" - See Mega Twin EPA at Vitacost
or
iHerb.
- BPD Patients Respond To Omega-3 Fatty Acids - Psychiatric News, 1/17/03 -
"recruited women for their study through ads placed in Boston newspapers. The ads asked
questions such as, "Are you extremely moody? Do you often feel out of control? Are your relationships painful and difficult?" ... In an eight-week study period, 20 of the 30 subjects received daily two 500 mg capsules of an omega-3 fatty acid called E-EPA (ethyl-eicosapentaenoic
acid). The remaining 10 subjects received a placebo daily—two capsules containing mineral oil ... They found that while depression and aggression levels had declined in the placebo group from the start of the study to the end, they had dropped even more so in the treatment group ... the omega-3 fatty acid
used—E-EPA—"may be a safe and effective form of monotherapy for women with moderately severe borderline personality disorder." ... Perhaps it works, at least in part, through its ability to lead to
[cell] membrane stabilization [in the brain] ... the brain is made up of at least 60 percent lipids"
- E-EPA Helpful in Borderline Personality Disorder - Medscape, 1/16/03
- Omega-3 Fatty Acid Treatment of Women With Borderline Personality Disorder: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study - American Journal of Psychiatry, 1/03 -
"The results of this study suggest that E-EPA may be a safe and effective form of monotherapy for women with moderately severe borderline personality disorder"
General Information:
-
Borderline Personality - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Borderline Personality - emedicine.com
-
Borderline Personality - familydoctor.org
Other News:
-
Brain Abnormalities Underlying Key Element of Borderline Personality
Disorder Identified - Doctor's Guide, 12/24/07
-
Borderline Personality Disorder Care Inadequate, According To Psychiatric
Nurses - Science Daily, 10/17/07
-
Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents - Medscape, 8/9/05
- Borderline Personality Disorder: An Overview - Psychiatric Times, 7/04
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Antipsychotic Drugs Aid Borderline Personality Disorder - Doctor's Guide, 5/17/04
- Personality Disorders Can Be Diagnosed in Adolescents - Medscape, 5/13/03
- Antipsychotics Appear Effective For Borderline Personality Disorder - Psychiatric Times, 1/17/03
- Genes May Play Key Role In Impulsive Aggression in BPD - Psychiatric Times, 1/17/03
- Clinicians Strive to Avert Frustration With BPD Patients - Psychiatric Times, 1/17/03
Related Searches:
70725
|
