by Kevin Dawkins | May 1, 2016
BPD is highly treatable and recovery is very possible. Studies have shown that several talk therapies like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization (MBT) and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) supplemented by medications are very effective in treating...
by BPD News | Dec 4, 2015
“How about I hold up a sign that says, ‘I AM MORE THAN MY BPD?’” “How about you don’t?” This is a brief exchange I had with myself at the 2015 photo campaign for Active Minds at Columbia University, entitled “My Mental Health Matters.” The table was littered with an...
by BPD News | Nov 30, 2015
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric condition marked by a pattern of unstable and stormy relationships, an unformed sense of identity, chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom, unstable moods, and poor impulsive control in areas such as...
by BPD News | Nov 28, 2015
“Move to Brisbane, forget you ever had a daughter,” the psychiatrist said. Melinda had just been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and caring for her, reasoned this experienced Adelaide mental health professional,would be simply too hard. Parents...
by BPD News | Nov 18, 2015
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) will host the 14th Congress of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders the largest international conference on personality disorders from October 13 to 16 in Montreal. This year, the congress will...
by Kevin Dawkins | Oct 27, 2015
Several years ago I attended an annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in New York. I was meeting with Marsha Linehan to have lunch and to invite her to participate in a project of ours that had just been funded by the National Institute of Mental...
