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Study Shows Success in Treatment for BPD
From the LA Times: Study shows long-term success in recovery from borderline personality disorder April 15, 2010 | 6:00 am Borderline Borderline personality disorder has long been considered one of the toughest psychiatric disorders to resolve. There have been many questions about how to best treat the condition, which is marked by unstable relationships, unhappiness, mood changes, impulsive behavior and poor decision-making. Advances in understanding and treating the condition have been made in recent years, however. And a new study offers hope that recovery, although challenging, can be long-lasting. Many Zanarini of McLean Hospital in Massachusetts studied 290 hospitalized patients with BPD over 10 years. Half of the patients recovered…
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Discovering a new language: e Prime and Healing
To exist or not to exist. This I ponder – Hamlet in e Prime A little while ago, while researching Borderline Personality Disorder and, more specifically, how a Non-BP can heal themselves, I stumbled onto a new language. Well, actually this language modifies English. The creator of the language named it “e Prime”. How does “e Prime.” E Prime seeks to modify English removing the verb “to be.” Why bother? In the case of healing, recovery and support, we bother because too often we get sloppy with the verb “to be.” We use it generally in such a way that introduces judgment (often unknowingly) into our relationships and into our…
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Donation Drive
Hello all! Through the next 45 days, I am running a donation drive to try to collect some funds to do some things I have long been unable to do. The main thing has to do with professional conferences and professional training. I have been working on ATSTP – blogging here, posting on the ATSTP Google Groups Email Support List, (recently) writing a newsletter and publishing books and eBooks. I started ATSTP as a blog 4 1/2 years ago. While participating in this community, providing support and advice and generally being around for the family members of those with BPD, I have learned a lot about BPD and the dynamics…
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Validation Article from DBT’s perspective
Here is an interesting article on emotional validation for parents of people with BPD… from a new blog about understanding DBT. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Validation Strategies for Parents By Christy Matta, MA How Do We Validate Validation and active listening techniques are specific ways of approaching your child to increase cooperation and balance the change we are often asking for from our children. 1. Responsiveness: Addressing our children with interest in what they are saying, doing and understanding. Expressing concern about his or her wishes and needs. 2. Warm engagement: Approaching kids with warmth and friendliness. Active positive communication with our voice, tone and posture. 3. Self-Disclosure: Communicating our own…
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ATSTP hit 200,000 views today
In less than 3 years, ATSTP has hit 200,000 page views. We have had 24,000 SPAM comments! Jeez. Thanks to Akismet for filtering most of them! No related posts.
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Are personality disorders enough to nullify a marriage?
Apparently not… http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20100401-261988/Are-personality-disorders-enough-bases-to-nullify-marriage Are personality disorders enough bases to nullify marriage? By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net Posted date: April 01, 2010 MANILA, Philippines—Being a “mama’s boy,” immature, or self indulgent, are not grave enough causes to allow the annulment of marriage, the Supreme Court said. Jordan and Jeanice Paz met on November 1996, became a couple on May 10, 1997 and got married two months later. She gave birth to a son in 1998 but left Jordan a year later after a big fight. She filed a petition for declaration of nullity of marriage against Jordan in 1999 accusing her husband of being psychologically incapable of assuming the essential obligations of…