by BPD News | Nov 6, 2015
It’s not simply the number of students lost on college campuses to suicide and mental illness each year — but the lives that change and the stories that come from it. MSU’s Active Minds Communications Director Bryan Meek said he joined the group because he felt very...
by BPD News | Nov 4, 2015
Elad Nehorai started a Tumblr page “I Have a Therapist” to break down the stigma of seeking professional help with mental health issues. Thousands of shrink-goers are logging onto the blog, “I Have a Therapist,” created… by a bi-polar Brooklyn man...
by BPD News | Nov 2, 2015
One activist wants to remind the public that mental health issues are “not a white person’s disease.” Dior Vargas, a self-described Latina feminist, says the mainstream narrative around people with mental illness often neglects men and women of color. So she turned...
by BPD News | Oct 30, 2015
Earlier this year Crystal Gonzalez, 25, started hearing voices. “I forgot that this is reality,” says Gonzalez, who lives with her mum and sister in the South Bronx, in New York City. Gonzalez has been diagnosed as bipolar, and as having a borderline personality...
by BPD News | Oct 28, 2015
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a very challenging and complex disorder to treat. Dr. Blaise Aguirre, a recognized child and adolescent researcher of BPD, states that about 11% of clients with the disorder end up in outpatient settings, while about 20% are in...
by BPD News | Oct 24, 2015
A study from Rhode Island Hospital has shown that a widely-used screening tool for bipolar disorder may incorrectly indicate borderline personality disorder rather than bipolar disorder. In the article that appears online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical...
