Borderline Personality Disorder

What Mindfulness And Acceptance Can Do For Your Self-Esteem

New Harbinger | Posted 12.26.2011

New Harbinger

DBT skills are flexible and can be used to help with self-esteem issues, other emotional problems, and simply to help you live a healthier, happier life.

Back From The Brink: Living With Borderline Personality Disorder

Stacy Pershall | Posted 12.21.2011

Stacy Pershall

Borderline personality disorder, the whispered thing I'd heard, was a wicked jungle-bred stepchild of a diagnosis. Borderline was Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction."

Brandon Marshall Has Borderline Personality Disorder. What Is It?

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2011

Brandon Marshall, the Miami Dolphins receiver, today announced that he suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The mental illness affects...

NFL Star Reveals Mental Disorder

Posted 09.30.2011

Brandon Marshall revealed on Sunday that he was diagnosed earlier this year with borderline personality disorder in an emotional press conference. ...

Is Your Ex Worse Than Charlie Sheen?

Alison Patton | Posted 05.25.2011

Alison Patton

Charlie Sheen keeps telling us he's special, but is he really that unique? We've read volumes about the king of custody battles, Alec Baldwin. We've f...

Sarah Palin and the Tiger Mom

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth Benedict

I wish Amy Chua didn't remind me so much of another public figure, plucked so recently from obscurity, who keeps rewriting the narratives that excuse and explain her bad behavior.

The Naked Lady Who Stood On Her Head: A psychiatrist's stories of his most bizarre cases

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

This book's stories thoughtfully depict essential aspects of mental health treatment. Few people actually understand, and thus tend to mischaracterize or stigmatize, what goes on in a psychiatrist's office.

What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?

New Harbinger | Posted 11.17.2011

New Harbinger

The main reasons DBT is so effective in such a wide range of problems, is that it teaches people to manage their overwhelming emotions more effectively.

Build Your "Self" First Before You Argue With It

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

If you a reader of mine, you've heard me say that "not all craving control strategies are created equal." I still stand by that. But here's a relat...