When Teens Self-Harm

When Teens Self-Harm

If Only We Had Known: A Family Guide to BPD Why would anyone ever do that?That’s the typical reaction many people – especially parents of teenagers – have when they discover that their child engages in self-harming behavior such as cutting, burning or other violent...
Mental health workplace stigma

Mental health workplace stigma

The leading cause of disability in the workplace isn’t from a physical injury but from the disease of mental illness. NAMI Massachusetts (NAMI Mass) did a survey last summer of 800 voters. They found that only 22 percent of those surveyed agreed that someone with...
To Blog or Not to Blog… ?

To Blog or Not to Blog… ?

If that is the question, here are some answers: Who The first recorded blog was created in 1994 by Swarthmore College student Justin Hall. By 2011, there were over 156 million public blogs in existence. By 2014, some 172 million blogs were hosted on Tumblr and another...
Marsha Linehan talks about BPD & DBT at NAMICon#15.

Marsha Linehan talks about BPD & DBT at NAMICon#15.

Today, July 6th, is the opening day of the 2015 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Convention in San Francisco, California. At 11 AM (PST) Dr. Marsha Linehan will be giving a keynote presentation on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and the...