BPD Planet

strategies and tools that have been successful in helping borderline clients move toward a healthier life.

[youtube uO3rWM1TeHU] Borderline Personality Disorder with Tarzan and Jane uses an old movie to convey some new information about BPD. Although neither Tarzan nor Jane may truly fit this disorder, the video’s makers felt that they are fun models to use in distributing information. This was taken from “Tarzan and His Mate.”

It’s estimated that there are 6-10 million husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, and children affected by Borderline Personality Disorder. Few know or are in treatment. Also known as Emotional Regulation Disorder (ERD), trastorno l’mite de la personalidad, or dérégulation émotionnell,  the main trait of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, [...]

For her work as a professor at UC Irvine, Dr. Rhoda Hahn earned a Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education Award from the American Psychiatry Association. Her motivation as a psychiatrist roots from knowing how her work helps people get back to being themselves. Dr. Hahn is the co-author of “Psychiatry”, a handbook for [...]

[youtube 6t6biA9kaMM]  Part one of a two-part series in which therapist Ivan Spielberg, LCSW, discusses what he has learned about treating his borderline client. Those who are diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are often misunderstood and discriminated against, sometimes even by those in the mental health.

Could your child’s explosiveness and impulsive behavior be a sign of borderline personality disorder? Are you often confronted with intense rages, hostility, oversensitivity and overreaction, or self-injurious behavior like cutting, burning, or substance abuse? Are your daughter’s relationships unstable – do friends turn from “soul mates” to worst enemies in the space of hours? Does [...]