The goal of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy is to help you create a more stable and realistic sense of self while helping you improve your life skills and interpersonal relationships.
When looking for treatment for a psychiatric disorder or addiction, you may have heard the term “evidence-based treatment” and wondered what that meant. Here is some information about evidence-based treatments that may clear it up for you.
Teenagers are well known for their roller-coaster emotions and impulsivity, caused by everything from hormones and body changes to identity issues and peer pressure. Since these behaviors are typical for teenagers, how can you tell if your teenager is simply going through the normal throes of their teen years or is actually suffering from a psychiatric disorder such as Borderline Personality Disorder?
Depression is common among people with Borderline Personality Disorder. Rates of depression in people with BPD can be as high as 60 percent, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
It can be difficult growing up with a parent diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, but there are some things you can do that can help you have an easier time dealing with a parent with BPD.
Children can often be as affected by Borderline Personality Disorder as the parent diagnosed with the psychiatric disorder. Children of parents with BPD must learn to tolerate the often complex symptoms of BPD and navigate possible BPD treatment options. The first step to helping a parent get needed Borderline Personality Disorder treatment is to determine if your parent actually has BPD.
Self-soothing means using your senses to help you feel calmer, ease your mind, and better tolerate a stressful situation or problem.
Because Borderline Personality Disorder is under the umbrella of personality disorders, the fundamental change coming to the definition of personality disorders itself in the newest version of the DSM will have an impact on BPD.
Going through Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) treatment can be a long and often difficult process. Successful BPD treatment means targeting the symptoms of BPD and finding ways to better manage them, which often means a long-term commitment to recovery. So what happens if, despite your commitment to your BPD treatment, you experience a relapse of your Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms?