by BPD News | Oct 22, 2015
How often have you said to someone, “Oh you know me, I’m crazy,” when you do something unexpected? How often have you heard someone else be quirky and call it being mad? Being mad is glamorous, being mad is fun, being mad gets you awe, admiration and the label of...
by BPD News | Oct 20, 2015
Your genes may influence how sensitive you are to emotional information, according to new research by a UBC neuroscientist. The study, recently published in The Journal of Neuroscience, found that carriers of a certain genetic variation perceived positive and negative...
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 BPD News | Oct 16, 2015
A major multi-national study of suicides has identified the behaviour patterns which precede many suicide attempts. This may lead to changes in clinical practice in the care of patients affected with depression, as it shows the clinical factors which confer major risk...
by BPD News | Oct 14, 2015
Women react differently to negative images compared to men, which may be explained by subtle differences in brain function. This neurobiological explanation for women’s apparent greater sensitivity has been demonstrated by researchers at the CIUSSS de...
by BPD News | Oct 12, 2015
Researcher and academic Sonia Neale, 45, is the recipient of SANE Australia’s inaugural 2014 Barbara Hocking Fellowship. The fellowship promotes better mental health through public understanding of mental illness. Sonia recently travelled to the USA, UK and Canada to...
