by BPD News | Jun 7, 2016
Mental health is slowly becoming part of national consciousness. But while depression and anxiety are taking centre stage, other lesser-known or misunderstood mental health conditions are being left behind. That’s why Kate Wildblood and her partner, Queen Josephine,...
by BPD News | Dec 6, 2015
Borderline personality disorder affects about 1.6 percent of adults in the U.S.; brain imaging studies show structural abnormalities impacting the limbic system. Mental Illness Awareness Week is observed each year during the first week of October. In an effort to...
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 | Dec 2, 2015
Bell today marked the fifth anniversary of Bell Let’s Talk by announcing the extension of the national mental health initiative for a further 5 years and an increase in Bell’s total funding commitment for Canadian mental health to at least $100 million.“Canadians have...
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...
