Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., creator of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – a method of therapy widely used to treat Borderline Personality Disorder and other psychiatric disorders – for the first time publicly shared her years of battling BPD in an article in The New York Times.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which commonly co-occurs with Borderline Personality Disorder, is usually the result of a traumatic experience.

Proposed revisions to the upcoming DSM-5 would change the criteria for mixed episodes of Bipolar Disorder to better reflect clinical practice.

If you have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, you will need some form of BPD treatment to better manage your symptoms, learn healthy coping skills, and make a complete recovery. Studies have shown that effective BPD treatment that incorporates a variety of therapies can help you make a long-term recovery from your BPD symptoms.

People with Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder both suffer from mood swings. This characteristic can make it hard for even doctors to differentiate between the two. However, after a thorough psychiatric investigation and perhaps a trial of medication, BPD can be distinguished from Bipolar Disorder.

With integrated dual diagnosis treatment, the psychiatric disorder and the drug or alcohol addiction are treated at the same time in a series of phases that are meant to help the patient find new ways of coping with their psychiatric disorder that don’t involve abusing substances.

It’s not uncommon for people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) to develop a drug addiction. People with BPD often develop an addiction to drugs or alcohol as a way to help them feel in control of their BPD symptoms, such as impulsivity and poor emotional regulation

The core of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is to identify thoughts and feelings that lead to high-risk and destructive behaviors. This can help people with Borderline Personality Disorder to better manage their BPD symptoms and make a recovery from their psychiatric disorder.

You’ve heard it before: breaking up is hard to do. And if you are in a relationship with someone diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), you may find breaking up with them to be even more of a challenge.

Communication can be difficult enough on its own, let alone when one of the parties involved has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Whether you work with someone diagnosed with BPD or are their spouse, child, or neighbor, knowing a few methods of communication can help you go a long way toward building a solid relationship.