Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Articles on borderline personality disorder: symptoms, treatment, quiet BPD, bipolar comparisons, and resources for people with BPD and their families.
20 articles
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Can BPD Be Diagnosed in Teenagers?
Many clinicians still won't diagnose borderline personality disorder before 18. The diagnostic manuals allow it, the research supports it, and waiting has a cost. -
BPD and PTSD: Co-occurrence and Treatment
BPD and PTSD co-occur in roughly half of BPD cases. A clinician's guide to the overlap, distinctions, and integrated treatment. -
Is BPD a Disability? What the ADA Says
BPD can qualify as a disability under the ADA and may qualify for SSDI, but eligibility hinges on functional impact, not diagnosis alone. -
How to Help Someone With BPD
A clinician's guide for partners, parents, and loved ones of someone with BPD. Two skills that matter most, traps that make things worse. -
BPD Splitting: Stop the Cycle
BPD splitting is an automatic coping response — not a choice and not manipulation. A clinician's plain-language guide to stopping the cycle. -
What BPD Self-Assessments Actually Measure
What real BPD tests actually measure, which online quizzes are research-based, and why a quiz score is never a diagnosis. -
Quiet BPD: Why It's Not a Real Diagnosis
'Quiet BPD' is not in the DSM and is not a clinical diagnosis. Why the term gets weaponized — and how to get a real evaluation instead. -
BPD vs. Bipolar: What Clinicians Look For
BPD and bipolar both involve mood instability but differ in episode length, triggers, and treatment. A clinician's guide to the distinctions. -
Do I Have BPD? A Self-Reflection Guide
An honest, clinician-written guide for people wondering if they have BPD. The nine DSM-5 criteria in plain language and what to do next. -
Self-Harm and DBT: How Treatment Helps
How DBT treats self-harm — the skills, the approach, and why it's the most effective treatment available. What to expect and how to find help in Denver. -
The Cost of Untreated BPD
What happens when BPD goes untreated? The real costs — emotional, relational, financial, and physical — and why effective treatment matters. -
BPD in Movies and TV Shows
Explore how BPD in movies and TV shows is portrayed. From Girl Interrupted to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, see what Hollywood gets right and wrong. -
Family Conflict and BPD
Why BPD creates intense family conflict. Learn validation skills, boundary strategies, and how DBT helps families find balance. -
BPD in Girl, Interrupted
Does Girl Interrupted accurately portray BPD? A certified DBT therapist examines the book, the film, and what Borderline Personality Disorder really looks like. -
Fighting the Stigma of BPD
BPD stigma still shapes how people get diagnosed and treated. DBT therapists on the cost of stigma and what compassionate, evidence-based care looks like. -
Hospitalization of Persons with BPD
Many with BPD face hospitalization - but care isn’t always tailored. Learn why and how DBT provides a better treatment path. -
Invalidation and Self Harm
Why do people self-harm? Learn how invalidation contributes to self-injury and how DBT addresses this cycle with compassion. -
The Benefits of DBT for BPD
DBT is the most evidence-based treatment for BPD. How it reduces self-harm and crises, builds emotion regulation, and what a year of DBT looks like. -
The Biosocial Theory of BPD
Biosocial theory explains how BPD develops from emotional sensitivity and invalidating environments. Learn how DBT addresses both. -
The Life Course of BPD
BPD develops in adolescence, peaks in early adulthood, and softens with age — but only with the right care. How the disorder changes over a lifetime.