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How Does Emotion Regulation Group Therapy Help People With BPD?

September 10, 2015 / By / Borderline Personality

Recent evidence from a group of American researchers indicates that a treatment called emotion regulation group therapy helps people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) avoid self-harming behavior by improving their emotional control. People with borderline personality disorder typically have a seriously reduced ability to control their emotional reactions to a wide range of daily circumstances. …

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Strength of Therapeutic Alliance Key in Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment

September 4, 2015 / By / Borderline Personality

New findings from a team of American researchers indicate that the strength of a client/therapist bond called the therapeutic alliance significantly impacts the success of treatment for borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often treated with dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), a form of psychotherapy specifically intended to reduce suicidal behavior in people affected …

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Early Life Attachment Problems Linked to Borderline Personality Disorder

May 29, 2015 / By / Borderline Personality

A team of Spanish and American researchers has concluded that childhood attachment- and trauma-related issues form a substantial portion of the risk for developing borderline personality disorder. People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) commonly have significant problems maintaining stable relationships and/or maintaining effective control over shifts in mood. In a study review published in late …

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No Simple Way to Judge Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment Success

May 23, 2015 / By / Borderline Personality

The diverse symptoms of borderline personality disorder make it unlikely that doctors will establish a simple method of measuring the outcomes of treatments for the disorder, according to new findings published by a group of American researchers.

Nightmares Have Unique, Damaging Impact on BPD Sufferers

April 21, 2015 / By / Borderline Personality

People with borderline personality disorder often have nightmare-related problems that are separate and distinct from other significant sleeping issues, according to new findings from a group of German researchers. People affected by borderline personality disorder (BPD) have an unusually high level of exposure to chronic sleeping problems that can substantially reduce their ability to remain …

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To Tell or Not to Tell a Date About Your Borderline Personality Disorder

August 29, 2014 / By / Borderline Personality

When Calista’s friend recently set her up on a blind date, she prepared with the usual amount of nervousness and trepidation. Would he like her? Would she like him? If she did like him (and he liked her), how soon would be too soon to tell him about her mental illness? Calista has borderline personality …

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Borderline Personality Disorder: Enlisting a Community of Care

May 4, 2013 / By / Borderline Personality

This article is written for people who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or who believe themselves to have many of the traits of this personality disorder, but it may be helpful to anyone who is a family member, partner, or friend of someone with BPD. By now, you are familiar with the …

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Relapse After Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

April 12, 2013 / By / Borderline Personality

It took 50 years for my mother to finally admit that she had a mental health issue – longer still for her to accept out loud that she fit all nine of the criteria for borderline personality disorder. Now that she has, I feel emotionally validated by her for the first time, and because she …

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