by Kevin Dawkins | Sep 30, 2017
In 1997 the spacecraft Cassini was launched by NASA from the United States. Cassini’s mission was to travel to Saturn and record as much information as possible about that distant planet. The campaign to explore the vast outer solar system was underway. Seven years...
by Kevin Dawkins | May 3, 2017
It is not an simple task for a person or a family to get an accurate diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. The range of co-existing disorders in BPD – depression, anxiety, impulsivity and others, can often lead to a missed diagnosis of the underlying disorder...
by Kevin Dawkins | Apr 27, 2017
There is an inverse relationship between the number of people who are living with mental illness and the availability of resources with which to treat them. In other words, as more people need support for mental illness, there is insufficient help available to them-...
by Kevin Dawkins | Apr 10, 2017
Is there a person in your life who‘s behavior is baffling? Are that person’s emotions volatile and unpredictable? Do they do things impulsively, flit from one bad relationship to another or have problems with alcohol or drugs? Do they get depressed or anxious? Do...
by Kevin Dawkins | Mar 30, 2017
Much more attention has been paid to Borderline Personality Disorder over the past 20 years than ever before. The watershed moment came in 1993 with the publication of Marsha Linehan’s books and research papers detailing her innovative treatment for BPD, Dialectical...
by Kevin Dawkins | Feb 3, 2017
When my daughter was in college, she took a course in psychology. Early in the semester, she mentioned to her professor that her parents (my wife and I) worked in the health field, producing video programs on a number of topics, including mental health, in particular,...
