Keith Valone

Personality Disorder Sensitivity to Emotional Term & Trauma Recovery

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) may be hypersensitive to subtle emotions on others' faces. An enhanced ability to recognize expressions of happiness, sadness, anger and fear might contribute to the unstable relationships and intense emot... Read >

Personality Disorder and Comorbidity - The Adolescent Brain on Drugs

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by a consistent pattern of volatile emotionality, unstable relationships, impulsive and self-damaging behaviors (i.e. binge eating, sexual promiscuity, drug abuse), and repeated suicidal gestures. Psy... Read >

Impairment and Psychosocial Functioning in Bipolar Disorder

Researchers have been investigating whether cognitive impairments in bipolar disorder are the result of psychotropic medication or the illness itself. Results indicated deficits involving memory, processing rewards, and sensitivity to negative feedback. A... Read >

Emotional Disorders and Internet Addiction Treatment

Exposing people to their emotional experiences helps them to accept and regulate their emotions by attending to how they process experiences. New findings demonstrated how emotional patterns and responses affect regions of the brain. For example, brain... Read >