Posted by capricorn on April 4, 2007, at 19:13:32
Borderline Personality Disorder - Challenging the label
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2007/1889932.htm
Self harm and self-denigration. Radical mood swings, and diabolical, destructive behaviours. For those labelled as having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) - life is intolerable. Not the least because it's a diagnosis often stigmatised by the very profession responsible for giving it. This week, confronting stories about a confronting condition. Of the estimated 1-2% of the population said to have the disorder, most are women. But are these difficult women, or women with dreadfully difficult histories?
Transcripts go up by Thursday after broadcast, audio (podcast and streaming) directly after the Saturday broadcast. Links here later in the week.
Further InformationSpectrum Personality Disorder Service (Melbourne, Australia)
Sane Australia
Australian body focused on providing information, advice and advocacy for people affected by mental illness. Call 1800 18 SANE (7263) - Information and advice 9-5 weekdays (EST)Borderline Personality Disorder
Information from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH, USA)
PublicationsTitle: Axis One/Axis Two: A disordered borderline
Author: Caroline Quadrio
Publisher: (2005) Psychology, Psychiatry, and Mental Health Monographs, 141-156 (Proceedings of the NSW Institute of Psychiatry Conference (2004), Trauma: Responses Across the Life Span)
URL: http://www.nswiop.nsw.edu.au/pages/ejournal/resources/Monographs_28_Oct_05.pdf
PresenterNatasha Mitchell
ProducerLynne Malcolm
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