Tomorrow is the first day of Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. If you would like to help promote the awareness effort on your blog/website or to your local media, the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder has posted a bunch of tools here: http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/awareness/2009/participate-09.shtml.
To quote the NEA for BPD:
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that centers on the inability to manage emotions effectively. The symptoms include impulsivity, mood lability, rage, bodily self harm, suicide, chaotic relationships, fears of abandonment and substance abuse. Officially recognized in 1980 by the psychiatric community, BPD is at least two decades behind in research, treatment options, and family education compared to other major mental illnesses. While some persons with BPD are high functioning in certain settings, their private lives may be in turmoil. Others are unable to work and require financial support. The high prevalence of BPD and its high personal, social, and economic toll make it a national public health challenge. And yet people do get better. Hope starts with awareness.
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Bummer...i wanted a T-Shirt...would i actually wear it...sure, eveyone knows i'm nuts!
Thank you for posting this! I was not informed that there is a BPD awareness month and will be glad to help promote awareness of this often misunderstood disorder on my blog: www.drkathleenyoung.wordpress.com
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