by BPD News | Oct 12, 2015
Researcher and academic Sonia Neale, 45, is the recipient of SANE Australia’s inaugural 2014 Barbara Hocking Fellowship. The fellowship promotes better mental health through public understanding of mental illness. Sonia recently travelled to the USA, UK and Canada to...
by BPD News | Oct 10, 2015
Ms. G, a 29-year-old cashier, consulted a psychiatrist about “mood swings,” volatility, depression, and loneliness. Initially, the psychiatrist was empathetic. Encouraged by the psychiatrist’s accepting attitude, Ms. G revealed that during a recent...
by BPD News | Oct 8, 2015
The field of psychiatry is heating up, and neuroscientists are discovering what is going on in our minds in the fog of mental illness. What makes a brain Borderline? The old adage about two people being on different wavelengths — its true! The diagram above, on the...
by BPD News | Oct 6, 2015
Mary Giliberti just presided over her first NAMI National Convention, NAMI 2015. Back in Dec. 4, 2013, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) was pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Giliberti as the new Executive Director of the national organization....
by BPD News | Oct 5, 2015
Dr. Marsha Linehan, the director of the UW’s Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinic (BRTC), was recently awarded the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 2015 Scientific Research Award. NAMI, America’s largest grassroots mental health organization, is devoted to...
by BPD News | Oct 4, 2015
The Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) recently recognized exceptional psychiatrists, psychiatric residents and individuals for their contributions to the mental health of Canadians. Dr. Ronald Fraser from Truro, Nova Scotia, was awarded the CPA C.A. Roberts Award...
by BPD News | Oct 4, 2015
DIAGNOSING patients with labels such as “personality disorder” and “schizophrenia” can lead to less effective treatments, research shows. UP to five people in every 100 are diagnosed with personality disorders in the UK, according to estimates,...
by BPD News | Oct 2, 2015
BRANDON MARSHALL. Following his diagnosis three years ago, Marshall, now 30 and a Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, set an ambitious goal: become for mental health what Magic Johnson is for HIV. He wants to make an off-limits subject commonplace....
by BPD News | Oct 1, 2015
On Friday October 30, 2015, Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D. will present a workshop for clinicians working with families of Emotionally Dysregulated Clients. The workshop is being sponsored and underwritten by Clearview Treatment Programs, with proceeds going to the...
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,...
