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Borderline Personality DisorderThe borderline personality disorder affects 2% of the population and one in five are admitted to psychiatric units in the U.S. One in every 10 people with this disorder will die by suicide. Many mental health professionals still believe the myth that the BPD is not only untreatable but that borderlines are manipulative. Neither are true. Borderlines are many times hard to treat in therapy due to the fact that the BPD is a medical disorder, not a psychological disorder. It is common for many mental health professionals to blame the victim for the failure of therapy. Professionals who are educated about the borderline personality disorder all agree that the name should be changed as it does in no way describe this neurological disorder. It was once thought that the disorder bordered between neurosis and psychosis. Thus came the inappropriate name. Some believe the BPD to be a true personality disorder acquired from childhood trauma. Research is not supporting this theory. It can be better described as a "disorder of emotion regulation" as coined by Dr. Marsha Linehan. The BPD is a medical disorder which can be treated with medications to reduce the symptoms. In fact, research is showing that unless we treat the brain first with medication, therapy is useless. As with a diabetic, you cannot talk to diabetes. The etiology (cause) of the borderline disorder is still unknown. However more and more research has discovered it to be highly genetic. Mothers who have the BPD are five times more likely to give birth to a child with this disorder, compared to a mother without the BPD. Research has also shown that if you take that child away from the mother with this neurological disorder at birth and is raised in a healthy home, that child will still suffer from the borderline disorder.
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Featured Book Just out! (3/31) Second Edition of "Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder" by Richard Moskovitz M.D. Dr.
Moskovitz says "Lost in the Mirror explores the origins of Borderline
Personality Disorder and offers its sufferers a framework for beginning to
heal. While the first edition focused on the dynamics of the
psychotherapeutic relationship that underlies all good treatment, this
edition elaborates on the kinds of psychotherapy that are practiced today.
It describes mainstream approaches, such as psychoanalytic psychotherapy,
cognitive therapy, and behavior therapy, as well as innovative treatments,
such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)... New Book Out! I guess I am still looking for validation in some way about being BPD. It is a very helpful book and does point out things that we can do differently with our children but I really don't recommended it to someone just starting out in therapy or to someone who is going through a setback. When the setbacks happen I put the book down and it does take a while for me to pick it back up again. I am not sure if some of the reading has triggered me. I do highly recommend the book to those who are well into recovery." Maureen
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