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 BPD News | Apr 7, 2017
Three variations of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) helped reduce suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury acts in a randomized clinical trial of women with borderline personality disorder who were highly suicidal, according to an article published online by...
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 BPD News | Dec 15, 2016
Marsha Linehan, director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington was selected for the 2017 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. Dr. Linehan won the award for her development of Dialectical Behavior Therapy...
by BPD News | Nov 30, 2015
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious psychiatric condition marked by a pattern of unstable and stormy relationships, an unformed sense of identity, chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom, unstable moods, and poor impulsive control in areas such as...
by Kevin Dawkins | Sep 30, 2015
The results of a research study conducted in Israel indicate that mental health providers’ attitudes towards people with Borderline Personality Disorder may be shaped by their own fears, particularly about death and suicide. It seems that preoccupation about death,...
