emotionally unstable personality disorder

Ohio University's Andrew McClintock and Shannon McCarrick (2017) revealed the importance of taking a systematic approach to diagnosis in their comparison of borderline personality disorder with other, related disorders. They were particularly interested in people with dependent personality disorder ...

If you've recently ended a relationship with someone suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder this video will help you to understand your feelings and emotions, begin to accept the situation, overcome that feeling that you are a shell of a person, and begin to heal. In order to have a fulfilling and ...

The findings of a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggest that the anticonvulsant lamotrigine is not cost-effective or clinically effective as a therapy for borderline personality disorder. Up to 90% of patients with borderline personality disorder are ...

Lamotrigine for borderline personality disorder was neither clinically effective nor cost effective, according to study findings published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. “Evidence that lamotrigine may prevent relapse in rapid-cycling bipolar disorder makes it particularly worthy of testing among people ...

Work life in general can sometimes be stressful. When you're a person with one of the most stigmatised mental health conditions it can be even harder. I have Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Woman's rare condition makes her smell like a fish. BPD is a psychological illness that, among other things, ...

Borderline Personality Disorder is a highly stigmatised diagnosis. A day in the life of my BPD brain (Beth Allan) On a bad day, someone with Borderline Personality Disorder could experience symptoms similar to schizophrenia. Not only does it provoke stigma among the general public and in the movies, ...

Individual differences in the risk for cannabis use and cannabis use disorder appear to be linked to genetic risks associated with antisocial and borderline personality disorder traits, according to the results of a study published in Addiction. Nathan Gillespie, PhD, of the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and ...

Dr. Limandri is Professor Emerita, Linfield College, School of Nursing, McMinnville, Oregon. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. Address correspondence to Barbara J. Limandri, PhD, PMHNP, BC, Professor Emerita, 9136 SW 36th Avenue, Portland, OR 97219; ...

By Hvovi Bhagwagar A clinical psychologist tells you how to handle patients suffering from this condition with unconditional love, support and care. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often mistaken to be a very visible, over-the-top condition where the person has violent rage outbursts and is ...

An innovative study published by Eva-Lotta Brakemeier and her Group shed new light on the role of childhood abuse in chronic depression and borderline personality disorder. Numerous studies report that childhood maltreatment constitutes a risk factor for mental disorders including major depression and ...

Today's column begins with a Hollywood story about a woman who has borderline personality disorder. Meet Glenda, 27, an attractive redhead, employed at “Body Sports,” a woman's athletic clothing store. She is ecstatic about two new events: A university soccer team has signed her contract to supply ...

In 2015, Ross Trowbridge found out he had borderline personality disorder . That same year, he found himself homeless. Advertisement. "I never thought that I ... "I wrote 'I have borderline personality disorder, and I'm not ashamed.'" Trowbridge then went to a public park and asked people to read his sign.

“It appears you have many of the traits of Borderline Personality Disorder,” a male psychiatrist informs me, barely glancing up from the clipboard he's been furiously taking notes on for the past half hour. The assistant sitting to his left immediately begins typing something on his laptop. “I'm recommending a ...

BPD is a psychiatric illness that, among many things, causes the sufferer to experience intense emotions that can lead to depression, anxiety and self harm. What is borderline personality disorder? Everything you need to know about the condition. Despite 0.5% of the population in the UK (2007) being ...

Borderline Personality Disorder is the cause of deep pain. It creates impulsiveness, emotional instability, and trouble with relationships and self-identity. The disorder is steeped in stigma and often not thought of as legitimate—even by some health professionals. But there is hope for those with BPD.

A borderline personality disorder is also an outcome of the same. People suffering from this disorder keep yo-yoing from between extreme emotions. They usually cannot accept denial in any form and have troubles being in a stable relationship. Here Dr Sanghanayak Meshram talks about few signs and ...

As important as Erikson's work has become to researchers investigating the so-called “normal” pathways of adolescent development, it has yet to be applied to the disturbed identity processes that characterize borderline personality disorder. Yet, the theory would seem to have a great deal of potential for ...

After a three hour wait, and a brief consultation, he emerged with a new diagnosis—borderline personality disorder—and little else. When O'Garr looked into it, he encountered a dearth of resources for men, intense stigma attached to the disorder, and hostility surrounding it. The diagnosis spurred the loss ...

For patients with borderline personality disorder or bipolar disorder, variations in mood may be linked to variations in diurnal rhythm caused by activity, sleep, and heart rate, according to findings published in Scientific Reports. These results suggest that improving the regularity of sleep may be an effective ...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric illness that affects how an individual interacts with other people. It's also surrounded in myths. Here's what it's like to be in a relationship with someone with Borderline Personality Disorder. 'A person with BPD is needy and attention seeking'; 'A person ...

The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder suggests that extended hospitalization be considered for patients with BPD under specific circumstances; for example, those with persistent and severe suicidality or comorbid ...

Miranda Howard, 22, and Aurora McPherson-Smith, 18, suffered from a “most severe form” of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Miranda Howard, left, pictured on her 22nd birthday with her mother Robyn Pettigrew, suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder. picture: supplied by family.

If you're doing it, have done it or are even researching how you can in future then shout out to you, because it's proven that support from friends and family can not only help recovery but can sometimes even be life saving. Supporting someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be a rocky road.