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what is borderline personality disorder?

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious and often life-threatening disorder that is characterized by severe emotional pain and difficulties managing emotions. The problems associated with BPD include impulsivity (including suicidality and self-harm), severe negative emotion such as anger and/or shame, chaotic relationships, an extreme fear of abandonment, and accompanying difficulties maintaining a stable and accepting sense of self. Thus, BPD is characterized by pervasive instability of mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and actions, often negatively affecting loved ones, family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity.

the national education alliance for borderline personality disorder

Formed in 2001, the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD), is a non-profit organization staffed by volunteering consumers, family members, and professionals. NEA-BPD seeks to "Advance the BPD Agenda" by raising public awareness of BPD, providing education, and promoting research about borderline personality disorder through a variety of programs. For example, with partial funding from a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NEA-BPD has hosted over 30 conferences worldwide, featuring internationally recognized BPD researchers and scientists. All NEA-BPD conferences encourage attendance by professionals, family members and consumers alike.

Do You Have A Relative With
Borderline Personality Disorder?

The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD), in collaboration with Dawkins Productions, Inc. of Hastings on Hudson NY, is seeking family members over the age of 18 who have a relative with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) to participate in a research study.

The purpose of the study is to test the effect of educational video programs about mental illness on families who have a relative with BPD.

The participants will be asked to view a series of videos and to complete a set of questionnaires about their experiences with BPD and their knowledge of BPD. The videos will be viewed and the surveys filled out on a secure website on the internet, and it will take approximately 3 hours to complete.

All responses will be kept confidential and participants will not be identified by name.

Participants will receive $25 for their time.

If you are interested in this study and would like additional information, please contact NEA-BPD at videoresearch@neabpd.org, neabpd@aol.com or 802-527-1419.
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Psychol Med. 2010 Jul 1:1-12. [Epub ahead of print]
Life events and borderline personality features: the influence of gene-environment interaction and gene-environment correlation.
Distel MA, Middeldorp CM, Trull TJ, Derom CA, Willemsen G, Boomsma DI. Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Traumatic life events are generally more common in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) than in non-patients or patients with other personality disorders. This study investigates whether exposure to life events moderates the genetic architecture of BPD features. As the presence of genotype-environment correlation (rGE) can lead to spurious findings of genotype-environment interaction (GxE), we also test whether BPD features increase the likelihood of exposure to life events. Method The extent to which an individual is at risk to develop BPD was assessed with the Personality Assessment Inventory - Borderline features scale (PAI-BOR). Life events under study were a divorce/break-up, traffic accident, violent assault, sexual assault, robbery and job loss. Data were available for 5083 twins and 1285 non-twin siblings. Gene-environment interaction and correlation were assessed by using structural equation modelling (SEM) and the co-twin control design.
RESULTS: There was evidence for both gene-environment interaction and correlation. Additive genetic influences on BPD features interacted with the exposure to sexual assault, with genetic variance being lower in exposed individuals. In individuals who had experienced a divorce/break-up, violent assault, sexual assault or job loss, environmental variance for BPD features was higher, leading to a lower heritability of BPD features in exposed individuals. Gene-environment correlation was present for some life events. The genes that influence BPD features thus also increased the likelihood of being exposed to certain life events.
CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this study is the first to test the joint effect of genetic and environmental influences and the exposure to life events --
 
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bpd resource library

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The most comprehensive borderline personality disorder resource library found anywhere. Includes over 100 audio & video files of conference presentations by BPD researchers as well as pdf files of slide presentations and research articles. Current information - internationally respected experts on borderline personality disorder.

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Audio and Video from:

May 7th Yale conference, Borderline Personality Disorder, Obesity and Eating Disorders

May 19th
Congressional Briefing on Borderline Personality Disorder

March 13th conference,
Borderline Personality Disorder: Genetics to Treatment

recommended reading on borderline personality disorderfrom NIMH...
April 19, 2010: Dr. Tom Insel, NIMH Director, addresses BPD in his recent blog. Click here to read the full article What's in a Name? Outlook for Borderline Personality Disorder.

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NEA-BPD is conducting a survey on the  availability of treatment for persons with borderline personality disorder.  Please take ten minutes to answer our survey questions.

Share your story in a BPD research survey exploring the impact of borderline personality disorder on the entire family.

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View the video and pictures of the first NEA-BPD's first "Meet and Greet" the borderline experts that included Drs. Marsha Linehan, Herb Pardes and Blaise Aguirre.

     
 
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