- MedCircle Original Series
Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Work Through the Highs & Lows
Borderline personality disorder is misunderstood. This breakthrough series paints the RIGHT picture of BPD & helps you improve your relationships… & your life.
What You'll Learn
- What the behavior patterns of borderline personality disorder actually look like
- How to recognize the differences between BPD and “lookalike” disorders
- Why borderline personality disorder is much more common than we think – and why it’s so underrepresented in mental health
- How to avoid an ever-too-common misdiagnosis, and how BPD is actually diagnosed
- How to find a provider who truly understands borderline personality disorder
- What treatment options are most effective
- Long-term management strategies, and how to maintain a healthy relationship with BPD
Series Overview
27
min
BPD Foundations: Myths, Truths, Misdiagnoses & Co-Occurring Disorders
In this session, you’ll learn how borderline personality disorder affects the brain on a neurological level, the widespread misconceptions, the most common misdiagnoses to look out for, and the co-occurring disorders that often accompany it.
10
min
Breaking Down the Complex Causes of BPD
What triggers borderline personality disorder? This session breaks down the biological, environmental, temperamental, and social factors at play so that you’re better informed on what goes into the development of BPD.
14
min
How to Successfully Spot the BPD Signs & Behaviors
According to Dr. Ramani, the name “borderline personality disorder” is misleading when it comes to what the symptoms actually look like in real life. Symptoms of BPD differ in young adults, older adults, men, women, and even cross-culturally. In this session, you’ll learn how to spot all of them.
16
min
The 4 Major Criteria Used to Diagnose BPD
Get an in-depth picture of each major criteria used to diagnose BPD - straight from the manual that professionals use to diagnose any mental health condition. You’ll understand what each criterion means, what the behaviors look like, and how these behaviors affect someone’s day-to-day life.
15
min
How to Get Correctly Screened & Find the Best Provider for BPD
In this session, you will learn what steps to take to see a therapist, find the best provider for you or your loved one, and how to persuade your loved one to see a professional without destabilizing your relationship.
20
min
BPD Treatment Options & the Signs Yours Is Working
In this session, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of all of the treatment options, how to tell if treatment is working, and how to measure the progress of a treatment plan.
12
min
Self-Care and Relationship Strategies for the Long-Term
Once you find the right treatment plan, managing borderline personality disorder in the long-term is the next step. This session breaks down the self-help and relationship strategies that sufferers of borderline personality disorder can use at home.
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About The Series
If there is a population that understands the stigma of mental illness, it’s those with borderline personality disorder. BPD is mistakenly considered one of the most difficult diagnoses to manage, so finding proper treatment is difficult. Additionally, recorded statistics likely underrepresent how many people are actually living with this disorder because many sufferers are misdiagnosed with something else, or they normalize their behavior and never reach a diagnosis at all. These issues stem from a lack of education on the disorder. There are BPD treatments that truly work, and with the right education, there is hope for recovery.
Many professionals treat borderline personality disorder like a second-class mental health issue; Dr. Ramani Durvasula is not one of those professionals. Dr. Ramani is a pioneering advocate for sufferers and supporters of BPD. In this series, she shares her invaluable expertise on the topic, from how to spot the symptoms and avoid a misdiagnosis, all the way to finding the right specialist & successful relationship management.
People with borderline personality disorder need just as much help as those suffering from depression, anxiety, and other more widely-recognized mental health disorders. This series provides the insight sufferers and supporters alike need, and shows them how to navigate the mental health system in order to get the right, most effective help possible.
Who is this series for?
This series is a must-have for someone living with borderline personality disorder who would like to better understand how to cope with symptoms and reach their optimal mental health. Additionally, this series is invaluable for those who think they might be exhibiting traits of BPD or may be misdiagnosed with a different disorder. This series will show you how to correctly navigate the mental healthcare system in order to get the right diagnosis.
This series is also wonderful for supporters of those exhibiting borderline behaviors or of those who are already diagnosed. No matter your interest in BPD, this series is sure to offer insight and actionable advice.
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