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 | Oct 11, 2016
It’s Mental Health Week across Australia. Each state starts and ends the special week at different times, but today—Monday—there’s a lot of overlap. So I want to explain why this week should feel like an important call-to-arms, and tell you what it’s...
by BPD News | Jun 22, 2016
Mount Sinai researchers have identified that networks in the brain that help regulate emotion do not activate in patients with borderline personality disorder. Mount Sinai researchers have found that real-time brain imaging suggests that people with Borderline...
by BPD News | Jun 20, 2016
I work for the NHS as a psychological wellbeing practitioner. I love it. I want to give something back and help others as, in my early twenties, I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), one of the most stigmatised mental health conditions. People...
by BPD News | Jun 17, 2016
You know me, you’ve seen me at parents’ evenings. I’m the teacher at the next desk – the popular one, the one you all want to teach your children because the progress made in my class is phenomenal. I’m a damn good teacher and everyone knows it. What you don’t know is...
by BPD News | Jun 16, 2016
When Carrie Simmons opened her Facebook app one day in late 2014, she saw a status update from a high school friend she had not seen in years that alarmed her. It read like a suicide note. “Thank you for everyone who tried to help me,” Ms. Simmons’s friend, whom she...
