by BPD News | Mar 9, 2018
It is a widely accepted premise in the mental health field that a traumatic experience can have a profound effect on the brain and related functions. It doesn’t seem to matter whether the trauma is physical (head injury), medical (stroke), emotional (death of a loved...
by BPD News | Dec 3, 2017
Receiving a diagnosis of any personality disorder can be very painful and disheartening. Among all of the PD’s however, Borderline offers the greatest hope for recovery. Writing in her PsychCentral blog, mental health counselor Christine Hammond, MS, LMHC,...
by Kevin Dawkins | Nov 20, 2017
Thanksgiving Day (in the U.S.) has once again arrived; evoking warm memories of past gatherings with family and friends feasting on bountiful amounts of good food and experiencing deep feelings of gratitude. Sometimes however, that idealized version of Thanksgiving...
by BPD News | Nov 7, 2017
In an increasingly disposable world, many venerated institutions- such as matrimony- no longer seem as permanent as they once were. Add mental illness to the mix and marriages can and do suffer harm and dissolution. Sometimes, there’s a story in the news that...
by BPD News | Nov 7, 2017
People in South Australia (SA) who have Borderline Personality Disorder, their families, and BPD advocates will not have to wait much longer. The SA political party, the Dignity Party, intends to address the poor reception patients often get from providers when their...
by BPD News | Oct 29, 2017
Gobbledegook from the Guardian? An article published in the prestigious British newspaper last week, headlined BPD in the Workplace , rankled a lot of BPD advocates, providers and people who live with the disorder on a daily basis. They let the editors know how they...
