Are you wondering if you or someone you know has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? While a true diagnosis requires the expertise of a mental health professional, you can start by familiarizing yourself with the diagnostic criteria for BPD.
If you took the step of breaking up with someone who has Borderline Personality Disorder, it may have been a difficult decision. However, time and a few attitudinal changes should help you cope with the break up. Here are four beliefs that will help you get unstuck and move on from your relationship.
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.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently released a comprehensive informational brochure on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Here’s what you can expect to find.
Borderline Personality Disorder is a complicated psychiatric disorder, and is often misdiagnosed. Here are some of the most common reasons why it can be tricky to make a BPD diagnosis.
Looking for some interesting reading while you’re relaxing by the pool? If you or someone you’re close to has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), it’s a good time to do some summer reading that can give you more insight into and information on this psychiatric disorder. Here are some of our picks for books, both fiction and non-fiction, related to Borderline Personality Disorder.
With his public admission over the weekend that he was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall is ready to become the new “face” of BPD.
Summer’s here, which means it’s time to pull your bathing suit out of the closet and plunge into the waters. Feeling good about our bodies can be hard, but here are some quick and smart tips to help you get over your fear of being seen in a bathing suit.
Despite the appearance of a happy and functional life, people with BPD often struggle with suicidal thoughts and ideations. If depression sets in along with BPD, those thoughts can turn into even more serious attempts. So how do you help someone with Borderline Personality Disorder who is having thoughts of suicide before they act on them?