Borderline Personality Disorder
Coping With Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder, or BPD, is a mental disorder defined by the National Institute of Mental Health as a mental illness in which people exhibit unstable behavior, moods and relationships. BPD affects 1.6 percent of American adults and is usually thought to manifest in early adulthood. About 75 percent of those affected with BPD are…
Read MoreTreating Young Adults With BPD and Their Families
In his article, Treating Young Adults With BPD and Their Families, Dr. Robert Fischer shares his insights and experiences while treating young adults with BPD and why it’s important to treat the whole person and not the just the diagnosis. In this article Dr. Fischer covers key topics: The Middle Path And Psychotherapy Achieving the…
Read MoreHelp for Men with Borderline Personality Disorder
Dr. Robert Fischer, executive director of the Optimum Performance Institute and its OPI Intensive, was interviewed by Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC, and C.R. Zwolinski, Authors of the 2009 Bestseller Therapy Revolution: Find Help, Get Better, and Move On without Wasting Time or Money and the Therapy Soup blog at PsychCentral.com. The original interview appeared on PsychCentral.com.…
Read MoreMen Can Have Borderline Personality Disorder Too
Dr. Robert Fischer, executive director of the Optimum Performance Institute and its OPI Intensive, was interviewed by Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC, and C.R. Zwolinski, Authors of the 2009 Bestseller Therapy Revolution: Find Help, Get Better, and Move On without Wasting Time or Money and the Therapy Soup blog at PsychCentral.com. The original interview appeared on PsychCentral.com.…
Read MoreBPD in Men: We Can Have Borderline Personality Disorder, Too
Dr. Robert Fischer, executive director of the Optimum Performance Institute and its OPI Intensive, was interviewed by Richard Zwolinski, LMHC, CASAC, and C.R. Zwolinski, Authors of the 2009 Bestseller Therapy Revolution: Find Help, Get Better, and Move On without Wasting Time or Money and the Therapy Soup blog at PsychCentral.com. The original interview appeared on PsychCentral.com. Borderline…
Read MoreBPD and PTSD: How common is the overlap?
How common is it to have a diagnosis of both Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? This is a key question currently being considered in the mental health community. Studies show anywhere from 26% – 57% of comorbidity of these two disorders. “These findings further suggest that this particular personality disorder…
Read MoreLaunch of Borderline Personality Disorder Magazine and Popularity of Healing from BPD Blog Indicate Demand for More Info on BPD
The launch of the new magazine coincides with an increasing public awareness and desire to have more information available about Borderline Personality Disorder. The rapid growth of the HealingFromBPD.org blog site, managed by Debbie Corso and sponsored by the Optimum Performance Institute, confirms this trend. Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2013 “Men with Borderline…
Read MoreDoes It Matter if Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is an Illness or a Disease?
“People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement.” — Marsha Linehan, developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy The dedicated therapists in OPI’s Addiction Counseling Services Department constantly strive to support participants at all stages of their recovery…
Read MoreDSM-5 and How it Affects the Diagnosis of BPD
Changes to the DSM – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, often referred to as the “bible” for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and the subject of much recent controversy, affect several diagnoses, including that of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).” Changes to the BPD diagnosis in the new DSM-5 involve radical changes that fundamentally amend a…
Read MoreWorking With Families & Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Part IV
Borderline Personality Disorder, Families and Solutions Parents of young adults with Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD Traits and Co-occurring Conditions are typically frustrated and feel helpless, even hopeless, about the possibility of change in their families by the time we see them here at OPI Living’s specialized OPI Intensive. Parents have endured so many years in…
Read MoreWorking With Families & Young Adults With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Part III
Borderline Personality Disorder, Families and Anxiety Management All of us have at our command a vast array of defense mechanisms to help us manage anxiety and frustration. We can talk about an issue and come to a reasonable conclusion or we can avoid it. We can blame a problem on someone else or rationalize it…
Read MoreBook Review: “Healing From Borderline Personality Disorder: My Journey Out of Hell Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy” – Personal Story & New Perspective
With nearly 35 years of experience helping families as a practicing child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, it’s been my privilege to get to know and help so many individuals and their families, including those who I meet in my role as Executive Director of OPI Intensive, a specialized BPD treatment program for young adults who…
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