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Borderline
Personality Disorder Awareness Month - 2008
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| Congressional Reception - May 6, 2008 |
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NEA-BPD hosted a Congressional
Reception on Capitol Hill to celebrate the
unanimous passage of the
Resolution (H. Res. 1005) by the
U.S. House of Representatives
supporting May as Borderline
Personality Disorder Awareness
Month. Honored guests were those
Representatives who sponsored and supported the Resolution,
Rep. Tom Davis
(R-VA), Rep. Chris Van Hollen
(D-MD), and Rep. Nita Lowey
(D-NY). Each received
an award for BPD
advocacy, and addressed the
audience, as did also Dr. Wayne
Goodman, Director of the
Division of Adult Translation
Research and Treatment of
NIMH; and Dr. John Gunderson,
Professor of Psychiatry at
Harvard Medical School, and
Director of Psychosocial and
Personality Research at McLean
Hospital.
Click here
to view photos of the event.
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| Printed Materials to Share |
| BPD
Fact Sheet |
| Awareness
Month Flyer |
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A BPD
Brief |
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H. Res.
1005 |
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Awareness Month Press
Release |
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| Suggestions to Help Raise Awareness |
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First, raise your own awareness. Read through the handouts mentioned above. Go to a
conference. Family members can consider
taking
FAMILY CONNECTIONS. Watch one of the many
videos
on this website. |
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Hang a
POSTER or leave a
FLYER or
FACT SHEET
at your local library, school counselor's office, doctor's waiting room, etc. as appropriate. |
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Display the
AWARENESS MONTH LOGO or
BUMPER STICKER. |
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Ask a local mental health support group to
address BPD. Offer to speak or share
handouts with the group. A one-hour video recorded at last
year's Congressional Briefing provides an
excellent overview of the disorder and serves as
a discussion starter. First, click
HERE to view the video online from our
website. Then, if you choose, we can offer assistance in
downloading the presentation, or can loan you a
copy on DVD (supply is limited!). Email
questions about this to
webmaster@neabpd.org.
For a listing of mental health support
groups, see
www.nami.org,
or search the internet for others in
your area. Or, consider starting a
support group for BPD. |
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Contact local mental health professionals and
share
handouts.
Ask them to add the
AWARENESS
MONTH LOGO with a link to NEABPD
resources for the month of May. |
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Ask your local newspaper or radio or TV station
to publicize Awareness Month. Use our
PRESS
RELEASE or adapt it to make your own.
Write a letter to the editor - or arrange a newspaper
editorial or article, or a spot on a TV or radio
show! For tips on approaching the media, click
HERE. |
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Add a signature line to
your email stating "May is Borderline Personality
Disorder Awareness Month" and include a link back to
the resources on
www.neabpd.org.
For instructions, see below.
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Your Input is
Welcomed! |
Need help with any item listed here? Want
to discuss an idea with someone at NEABPD?
Send us an email at
feedback@neabpd.org!!
We will try to provide support to your efforts. This email
address is ONLY for Awareness Month questions.
All other correspondence should continue to go
to
info@neabpd.org. |
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| Link Instructions |
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Add a link from your website |
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Sample Signature Line |
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National Education Alliance for Borderline
Personality Disorder
Add this html code to your site to create
a link to the NEABPD website. The page will open in a new browser window.
a target="_blank" href="http://www.neabpd.org/">National Education Alliance for Borderline
Personality Disorder</a>
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MAY is
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
“Awareness brings hope”
Use the html code below, or create your own!
<a href="http://www.neabpd.org/">
MAY is
Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness
Month</a><br>
<em>“Awareness brings hope”</em> |
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