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 ...
Alienation as a Result of Therapy, by Mark S. Komrad M.D.
The following is an excerpt of advice from Mark S. Komrad M.D., author of: "You Need Help: A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince a Loved One to Get Counseling." The situation is one where a parent came ...
To Save a Life, by Pascale Kavanagh
Forward by Frederic Bien; President of PDAN Several personality disorders are connected to depression, or have overlaps with it, during the lifetime of an individual. There can be a strong sense ...
Emergency Room Visits for Self-Inflicted Injuries and Suicide Statistics in USA
Suicide, suicide attempts and self-inflicted injuries are much more common than we think they are. In the US, there were 38,364 suicide in 2010. That's on average 105 suicides per day nationwide. ...
PDAN New Logo Announcement
Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce and share the launch of our new logo! The hands represent the help, the support and the love, not only by its pose but also by holding the puzzle piece. This ...
8 Tips To Go From End Of Year To A Great New Year
It's the most wonderful time of the year. With parties for hosting, marshmellows for toasting, etc. Constant images of big warm, huggy, happy families gathered around the fire with a Macy's-esque tree ...
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 ...