What is Borderline Personality Disorder? |
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious and often life-threatening disorder that is characterized by severe emotional pain and difficulties managing emotions. The problems associated with BPD include impulsivity (including suicidality and self-harm), severe negative emotion such as anger and/or shame, chaotic relationships, an extreme fear of abandonment, and accompanying difficulties maintaining a stable and accepting sense of self. Thus, BPD is characterized by pervasive instability of mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and actions, often negatively affecting loved ones, family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity.
According to the latest BPD research, borderline personality disorder has a lifetime prevalence of up to 5.9% in our population. Because systematic research has only relatively recently been initiated, BPD is at least two decades behind in research, treatment options and family education compared to other major psychiatric disorders. Yet the high prevalence of borderline personality disorder - it is more common than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder - and its costly personal, social and economic toll, make borderline personality disorder a significant national public health burden.
Formed in 2001, the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD), is a non-profit organization staffed by volunteering consumers, family members, and professionals. NEA-BPD seeks to "Advance the BPD Agenda" by raising public awareness of BPD, providing education, and promoting research about borderline personality disorder through a variety of programs. For example, with partial funding from a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NEA-BPD has hosted over 30 conferences worldwide, featuring internationally recognized BPD researchers and scientists. All NEA-BPD conferences encourage attendance by professionals, family members and consumers alike. | |
 The Connections Place (TCP) is a Manhattan center under the auspices of NEA-BPD that offers a four-month job preparedness program specifically designed to open pathways to vocational opportunities for clients with borderline personality disorder. |
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| Parents / Family Member Survey |
| Please participate in this BPD research survey exploring the impact of borderline personality disorder within the family. Share your family's unique BPD experience in order to help researchers exploring the early symptoms of the disorder, its progression, and the resulting impact on the entire family. A unique opportunity to share your story. | | |
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 NEW from the 2009 APA Meeting
Many of the outstanding borderline personality disorder presentations made at the May 2009 meeting of the American Psychiatric Association are now available for public viewing here on our website. Thanks to the generosity of these well-known researchers, our library of borderline personality disorder resources continues to grow. View the APA meeting schedule and list of BPD slide presentations available. | |
NIH�s RePORTER Now Operational
NIH�s RePORTER is now operational at http:// projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm.. NIH describes it as offering comprehensive information on-line about NIH-funded grants and contracts by various search terms, e.g., �borderline personality disorder�, investigator. The information provided includes budget support, research results and products, and related patents and publications. Data are available from 1985 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. | |
| Upcoming Conference on Borderline Personality Disorder |
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XIth International ISSPD Congress
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York City, NY
Resilience and Change: Interpersonal and Neuroscience Perspectives on the Personality Disorders
August 21-23, 2009 sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders
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| The mission of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder is to raise public awareness, provide education, promote research on borderline personality disorder, and enhance the quality of life of those affected by this serious mental illness. | |
NEA-BPD Resource Library |
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NEW in the May 2009 issue,
American Journal of Psychiatry |
| Audio Highlights from the May issue |
AJP ARTICLES
Borderline Personality Disorder: Ontogeny of a Diagnosis
John G. Gunderson, M.D. |
Treatment in Psychiatry: Insight, Transference Interpretation, and Therapeutic Change in the Dynamic Psychotherapy of Borderline Personality Disorder
Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., and Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D. |
Clinical Case Conference: Quieting the Affective Storm of Borderline Personality Disorder
Marianne Goodman, M.D., Erin A. Hazlett, Ph.D., Antonia S. New, M.D., Harold W. Koenigsberg, M.D., and Larry Siever, M.D.
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EDITORIALS
Borderline Personality Disorder
Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., and Robert Michels, M.D. |
Borderline Personality Disorder Comes of Age
John M. Oldham, M.D., M.S. | |
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Research Presentations from the NEA-BPD Annual Conference
Borderline Personality Disorder: Research Across the Lifespan & Clinical Applications for Treatment
October 2008 ▪ Minneapolis, MN |
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