by Kevin Dawkins | May 3, 2016
The emotional pain that people with BPD feel hurts as much as physical pain. Unfortunately, in a misguided attempt to relieve that pain, some people with BPD intentionally inflict physical pain on themselves by cutting, burning or other self- harming behaviors. If...
by Kevin Dawkins | May 1, 2016
BPD is highly treatable and recovery is very possible. Studies have shown that several talk therapies like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mentalization (MBT) and Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) supplemented by medications are very effective in treating...
by BPD News | Nov 18, 2015
The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) will host the 14th Congress of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders the largest international conference on personality disorders from October 13 to 16 in Montreal. This year, the congress will...
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 | 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 Kevin Dawkins | Jul 20, 2015
If Only We Had Known: A Family Guide to BPD Why would anyone ever do that?That’s the typical reaction many people – especially parents of teenagers – have when they discover that their child engages in self-harming behavior such as cutting, burning or other violent...
