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We recently added a new topic to About.com Health on borderline personality disorder (BPD). While the name sounds a bit funny, BPD is a serious mental disorder that's often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed.

 
In the Spotlight
The Basics of Borderline Personality Disorder
BPD is characterized by intense anger outbursts, mood swings and periods of self-loathing. While those symptoms may not sound all that unusual, in people with BPD, they are severe, prolonged and often disabling.
- Borderline Personality Disorder Guide Erin Johnston
 
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What Does the Term "Borderline Personality" Mean?
The disease gets its name from the hallmark symptom -- the on-and-off inability to regulate emotions in a normal way. It's possible for a person with BPD to slip into psychosis and briefly lose touch with reality.
- Borderline Personality Disorder Guide Erin Johnston
 
Cutting and Self-Injury Are Often Hidden Aspects of BPD
When a person feels numb or "dead inside," they may cut or otherwise self-injure their body to deal with the emotional pain. This is a common problem among people with BPD.
- Borderline Personality Disorder Guide Erin Johnston
 
 
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Top Picks - Seven Best Yoga Books  from your Yoga Guide
This list from Yoga Guide Ann Pizer encompasses books about yoga's spiritual and philosophical beliefs, and the physical practice of yoga. She's even thrown in a great coffee table book. In other words, a yoga book for everyone. Here are three of her faves.

1) Light on Yoga
B.K.S. Iyengar's classic 1966 book is still the gold standard for its encyclopedic illustration of hundreds of yoga poses and many breathing techniques. A must for any yoga practitioner's library.

2) Yoga
This beautifully produced coffee-table book features amazing photographs of some of the most well-known yoga teachers in the U.S. doing advanced poses. This book is more inspirational than instructional. Available in hardcover and paperback.

3) The Living Gita
Sri Swami Satchidananda's translation and interpretation of the Bhagavad Gita makes the lessons of this ancient text very accessible to modern readers. It's my favorite edition of the Gita.

 
5 Ways to Have a Healthier New Year

Here are just a few tips on making 2007 happy and healthy.
  • Learn How to Better Control Food Portions
  • How to Relax in 2 Minutes
  • Create a Family Disaster Plan
  • How to Prevent/Treat Colds or the Flu
  • Ergonomic Tips for a Healthier Workstation


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