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Borderline Personality Disorder in the ED

January 7, 2022

Victor Hong, MD.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Dr. Hong has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Patients with borderline personality disorder often show up in emergency rooms multiple times and can trigger frustration and countertransference reactions in clinicians. Dr. Hong tells us how to help these patients and their families develop the skills needed to manage their emotions.

Parenting Strategies for Patients With Mental Illness

March 29, 2019

Marie Yap, PhD

Marie Yap, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology at Monash University in Australia.

Dr. Yap has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

“To love and work” was how Freud saw the goal of psychiatric treatment. Mental illness robs people of many meaningful roles, from work to parenting. We spoke with Marie Yap, director of the award-winning Parenting Strategies program, to learn how to help our patients function better as parents and prevent psychiatric disorders in their children.

Would Treating Kids With ADHD Help Their Mothers?

March 13, 2019

Pavan Madan, MD.

Pavan Madan, MD. Dr. Madan has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Parenting a child with ADHD can be challenging. Parents often report feeling stressed, burned out, or depressed while caring for their children with ADHD. When ADHD medications lead to significant improvements in a child’s behavior, can that alleviate symptoms in parents? A recently published study tried to examine that.