by Kevin Dawkins | Nov 24, 2015
Thanksgiving is upon us. The time of year when millions of families gather to reconnect, rejoice and reflect. But for some families, especially ones that have a member with borderline personality disorder, it can also be a time of stress. Many of the diagnostic...
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 16, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. The deterioration of psychiatric and physical health caused by borderline personality disorder (BPD) rivals that of bipolar disorder, according to Mark Zimmerman, M.D., a researcher at Rhode Island Hospital. His research was published online in the...
by BPD News | Nov 14, 2015
Late last week, psychiatry professor Dan Stein, after winning a National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Award for research and output, said South Africa needed to invest more deeply into assisting patients with mental disorders. “There is a feeling that there...
by BPD News | Nov 12, 2015
Dr. Ron Fraser received the highest award for clinical achievement given annually to a Canadian psychiatrist of high distinction at the Canadian Psychiatry Association 2015 Annual Conference. Dr. Fraser was awarded the C.A. Roberts Award for Clinical Leadership for...
by BPD News | Nov 10, 2015
A new program that helps people with personality disorders cope with the challenges of parenting will be launched at UOW (University of Wollongong, Australia) on Friday 6 November. The Project Air Strategy Parenting Program, launched on Friday 6 November by NSW Mental...
by BPD News | Nov 8, 2015
For most of her 30 years, Beth McMullen has lived amidst a hectic swirl of emotional turmoil. As a woman living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Ms McMullen’s life has involved riding a rollercoaster of emotions — a struggle that ebbs and flows even...
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 | Nov 4, 2015
Elad Nehorai started a Tumblr page “I Have a Therapist” to break down the stigma of seeking professional help with mental health issues. Thousands of shrink-goers are logging onto the blog, “I Have a Therapist,” created… by a bi-polar Brooklyn man...
by BPD News | Nov 2, 2015
One activist wants to remind the public that mental health issues are “not a white person’s disease.” Dior Vargas, a self-described Latina feminist, says the mainstream narrative around people with mental illness often neglects men and women of color. So she turned...
