by BPD News | Oct 18, 2015
Recommendations made in two damning reports into Australia’s ability to treat patients with borderline personality disorder (BDP) have been ignored for two years by state and federal governments. The reports detailed an illness that poses serious challenges to...
by Kevin Dawkins | Oct 13, 2015
This October is Mental Health Awareness Month, a global initiative to raise consciousness about mental illness and reduce the associated stigma. October 10 was World Mental Health Day, sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO). The theme of this year’s event...
by Kevin Dawkins | Sep 30, 2015
The results of a research study conducted in Israel indicate that mental health providers’ attitudes towards people with Borderline Personality Disorder may be shaped by their own fears, particularly about death and suicide. It seems that preoccupation about death,...
by Kevin Dawkins | Aug 10, 2015
Trailer– CAUSES OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER That’s a question frequently asked by people who meet the diagnostic criteria and by people who have a loved one with this confusing mental health condition. No one is born with borderline personality disorder....
by Kevin Dawkins | Jun 15, 2015
Technology has become a valuable resource for individuals and for families looking for help coping with borderline personality disorder. One of the pioneers in the use of technology is Amanda Smith, a licensed Social Worker who has also been a BPD advocacy for several...
by Kevin Dawkins | Jun 7, 2015
The big question: BPD… What is That? This is the first blog to appear in this expanded version of bpdvideo.com. As many, if not all, blog writers lament when faced with a blank page: “Where do I start?” Well, after much consideration, we thought it would be most...