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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

Social Work Blog

By Nicole Roder, LCSW-C Did you know that clients with borderline personality disorder are over-represented in all levels of mental health care? For clinical social workers, this means that we will almost definitely encounter a client with BPD at some point in our careers.

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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Borderline Personality Disorder

Social Work Blog

By Nicole Roder, LCSW-C Did you know that clients with borderline personality disorder are over-represented in all levels of mental health care? For clinical social workers, this means that we will almost definitely encounter a client with BPD at some point in our careers.

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COVID-19 Inquiry: The Missing Mental Health Impact

MQ Mental Health

Why were the psychiatric hospitals emptied at the same time as community care was shut down? The UK-wide Working Group met every week for almost 2 years, sometimes with 70 enthusiastic attendees sharing ideas based on what seen in the clinic, the latest evidence, or shared by people who have had COVID.

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Episode: Dr Max Taquet and Why Some People Develop Brain Fog

MQ Mental Health

The effects of Covid-19 on brain function and mental health, as well as the reasons for flaws in diagnosis of psychiatric illness, are all discussed in this episode of the MQ Open Mind podcast. In 2022, Max won an award for this work , winning the Core Psychiatric Trainee of the year award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Depression and suicide risk: An interview with new MQ Fellow Dr Alexandre Lussier

MQ Mental Health

MQ is pleased to announce that Dr. Alexandre Lussier from the Lussier Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital has been awarded an MQ Fellowship. Following my PhD, I trained in computational biology and statistical genetics at Cornell University, working on X chromosome variation and psychiatric disease.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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American Dreams: What’s It Like To Be An MQ Research Fellow In The USA?

MQ Mental Health

One of the first ever MQ Fellows selected was Dr Joshua Roffman from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. Indeed, clinical trials conducted by our group showed some degree of benefit, but well below the level needed to substantially improve outcomes. But what is it like to apply and be selected for an MQ fellowship?