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. In Polly’s memoir she s ...
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 c ...
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 ...
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 c ...
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 wond ...
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 n ...
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 ...
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 ...