by BPD News | Dec 13, 2016
“Overwhelming, suffocating and a roller coaster of emotions.” Those are some of the words Felicity McKee from Armagh uses to describe living with a personality disorder. The 25-year-old social anthropology student at Queen’s University received the...
by BPD News | Oct 14, 2016
As the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival gets into full swing, we spoke to Chris Young, the focus of short film Walk a Mile in My Shoes, which will be screened on Monday at the Glad Cafe in Glasgow It’s already been quite a journey. This new film will...
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 | 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 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 4, 2015
DIAGNOSING patients with labels such as “personality disorder” and “schizophrenia” can lead to less effective treatments, research shows. UP to five people in every 100 are diagnosed with personality disorders in the UK, according to estimates,...
