Clearview Women’s Center is a residential treatment program that specializes in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The center, located in Venice Beach, Calif., is the premier program on the West Coast for BPD treatment. 
NEA-BPD Lecture: The Two Types of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
A look at the two types of narcissists Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD, spoke about during NEA-BPD’s call-in series and the obstacles that might be in the way of effective Narcissistic Personality Disorder treatment. Part 2 of 2.
NEA-BPD Lecture: Characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD) continued its weekly call-in series with a talk by Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD, who spoke about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), the specific characteristics associated with it, and the challenges to effectively treating NPD therapeutically. Part 1 of 2.
Study Examines Intentional Self-Injury in Women with Borderline Personality Disorder
People with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) frequently engage in self-harmful behaviors, such as cutting and burning. A recent study by researchers at the University of Washington and Alliant International University aimed to find out what triggers these self-harmful behaviors, as well as suicide attempts.
Recognizing Self-Harmful Behaviors: Signs of Cutting
Cutting is one form of self-harmful behavior that someone with Borderline Personality Disorder may engage in. Because it can be easy to hide, people with BPD are more likely to engage in cutting than in other self-harmful behaviors. And, unless you know what to look for, you may never realize that your loved one is intentionally harming themselves.
How to Cope When Your Loved One Has an Eating Disorder
If you’re in a relationship with someone who has an eating disorder, such as anorexia, bulimia, or Binge Eating Disorder, here are five ways you can support both you and your loved one.
Report Highlights Mental Illness by State
At more than 24 percent, Rhode Island had the highest occurrence of adults experiencing a mental illness in the past year, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
New Book Explores the ‘Hidden World’ of Self-Injury
In their book The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-Injury, ethnographers Patricia and Peter Adler aimed to go beyond people who had been in treatment or hospitalized for their self-harmful behaviors and explore the “hidden population” of people who self-injure in their natural settings.
4 Tips to Surviving a Relationship with a Person with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
A relationship with someone who has Narcissistic Personality Disorder is likely to be challenging, but you can decide the limits of the compromises you are willing to make. Here are some tips that will help you get on with your relationship while you and your partner discuss personality disorder treatment options.
Helping a Friend with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissists, like people with other personality disorders, may be under the impression there’s nothing wrong with them. So how do you get help for someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
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