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 ...
Guest Blog Post: College Life and Borderline Personality Disorder
This is a guest post from the blog Never Ending Battle. Kimberly writes often about her struggles with her different mental illnesses including Borderline Personality Disorder and how they can affect ...
Details on Two Drug Trials for Borderline Personality Disorder
This follows a previous article with a general summary of the two medication studies for BPD presented here: http://pdan.org/drug-trials-encouraging-results-for-bpd/ SEROQUEL XR (OLANZAPINE) STUDY ...
Drug Trials’ Encouraging Results for Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder that develops slowly, usually in adolescence and young adults and resolves slowly. After 4 years about 50 percent of BPD sufferers will remit ...
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 ...
BPD Recovery with Kiera Van Gelder and Teresa Lynne
Did you miss the chat with Kiera Van Gelder and Teresa Lynne on recovery from BPD? No problem! We have uploaded the video so you can watch anytime! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-92PXSVRw&w= ...
What’s in a Name?
Recently, a lively debate arose in PDAN's Facebook community about the names of personality disorders, especially Borderline Personality Disorder. We posted a controversial article and got a lot of pa ...
False Diagnosis and the Propagation of Stigma
A long time ago clinicians did not know what the condition now known as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) was. They were puzzled and frustrated by it. People presenting symptoms such as swiftly ch ...
Her by Felicia Johnson
We reviewed Atlanta author Felicia Johnson's recent novel, Her, about a teenage girl coming to terms with her diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. This book could be very helpful to those wi ...
Don’t Call Me Crazy!
Have you been keeping up with the new BBC series on the teenage mental health unit in Manchester? Don't Call Me Crazy follows a group of teenagers with their various disorders. Some kids are just s ...