by BPD News | Jul 12, 2016
In a new study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, neuroscientists from the University of Chicago show that white matter in a region of the brain called the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) has less integrity and density in people with IED than in...
by BPD News | Jul 4, 2016
•10% of US adults have drug use disorder at some point in their lives •People with drug use disorder are significantly more likely to have a broad range of psychiatric disorders, including borderline personality disorder •75% report not receiving any form of...
by BPD News | Jul 2, 2016
Based on overlapping symptoms, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) are often mistaken for one another. The two personality disorders even have a rate of co-occurrence of about 25 percent, according to the National Alliance...
by BPD News | Jun 29, 2016
In the autumn of 2005, I happened across an article about high-conflict divorce. I’d worked in divorce law long enough to know that these were the outlier cases—the seemingly impossible cases that were beyond what most would consider a “normal” divorce—they were...
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...
by BPD News | Jun 9, 2016
A new report into the Ireland’s Health Service Executive’s (HSE) performance has shows young people still struggling to access mental health services. (HSE provides health and social services for all residents of the country). The new report – looking at the...
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,...
