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An Interview with Polly A Magena on her book: DOCTORED

PDAN Admins have had the privilege of reviewing this incredible book: Doctored – A shocking true account of abuse and medical misconduct by survivor, Polly A. Magena.  Upon reviewing this book, PDAN admins have had the pleasure to personally interview Polly Magena on October 29th 2018.  This […]

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An Interview With Chris Young

February 2018 AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS YOUNG. PDAN Admins interviewed Chris Young, an author, ex-social worker who has a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, and an individual who actively campaigns to lessen the stigma associated with BPD – amongst other things! On April the 6th 2011, following […]

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Mental Health and Me – A personal perspective by Steph

Monday 29 January 2018 Mental Health and Me By Steph Growing up wasn’t easy for me, my mother battled various mental illnesses including manic depression, anxiety, ptsd and others, she didn’t have a lot of support available and evidently had a breakdown. This led to me and […]

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We’re Partnering With The Mighty!

We’re Partnering With The Mighty!

We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership that will bring PDAN’s resources from The Mighty‘s wide-reaching readership. PDAN will now have a dedicated story section page on The Mighty where people can get involved with stories shared by PDAN members. See www.themighty.com/partner/personalitydisorderawarenessnetwork/ The Mighty is a story-based health community […]

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Shall We Blame Our Parents

Shall We Blame Our Parents

“It’s not so easy to just move forward if you are held by back by psychological symptoms you don’t understand”… (From a comment on PDAN’s Facebook Page) I am one of several administrators for a wonderful Facebook Page called PDAN, which stands for “Personality Disorders Awareness Network” […]

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Parenting Power: Nurture Over Nature

Kids do tend to turn out like their parents, but developmental research suggests parenting plays a bigger role in that tendency than genes. Nature may hand us some challenges, but through deliberate nurture, we can meet them. As parents, we desperately want to help our kids be […]

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Communicating Accurately and Sensitively about Personality Disorder Prevention

Dear amazing social media volunteers and staff of PDAN, I hope you’ll be interested in reading this. All comments welcome! PDAN’s Facebook page is doing great. Thank you so much for your excellent work. Please continue!! PDAN has grown to over 28,000 friends or followers on Facebook. Our […]

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Blue Skies Over Battlefields

Life has taught me the importance of telling my story.  I can’t afford not to now. Sharing it, I discovered I had value and a purpose. A personal commitment to help others helped me learn that and in the process affirm myself. But that’s not where I […]

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