Australian clinical and not-for-profit and BPD organisations continue to work hard to raise awareness of the need for access to evidence-based treatment, expanding early diagnosis, and family education to promote resiliency and positive recovery for BPD. There is still much to be done in ensuring greater recognition of this complex mental health disorder, and appropriate investment to ensure people experiencing BPD can access treatment and services when they are needed.
While BPD can be debilitating, it is a treatable condition and has a good long-term prognosis with good rates of recovery. People living with BPD and their families need the right tools and level of support to be able to achieve that recovery.
Frank Quinlan, CEO Mental Health Australia
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Borderline Personality Disorder is a complex and serious mental illness. With a range of evidence-based treatments, it now has good rates of recovery.
People with the disorder, carers, and clinicians share their journeys and their messages of hope for recovery, in a personal video. Twelve beautiful videos are available for viewing.
Written by one of Australia’s pre-eminent BPD Clinicians, this important paper outlines the current Australian BPD status, achievements and challenges moving forward. We invite comment from our Australian BPD community.
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships.
Because some people with severe BPD have brief psychotic episodes, experts originally thought of this illness as atypical, or borderline, versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name “borderline personality disorder” is misleading, a more accurate term does not exist yet.
‘When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking … with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you love. And when you love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.” Thich Nhat Hanh
Weekly update by Frank Quinlan the CEO of Mental Health Australia
Associate Prof Sathya Rao is interviewed by Psych Scene Hub and gives an insight into why he is a passionate advocate for BPD and professionally finds it rewarding to work with people experiencing BPD
