Video: Lecture – BPD and Self-Hatred
Presented by Blaise Aguirre, MD , McLean Hospital – McLean Forum lecture
Borderline Personality Disorder Related Content
Podcast: Courtney Cook Is Living Her Life With BPD
Jenn talks to Courtney Cook about her illustrated memoir, “The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces.” Courtney shares highs and lows of navigating her BPD diagnosis, talks about how to embrace the ups and downs of the condition, and explains how writing has been an outlet...
Understanding Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
People living with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often struggle with self-image, emotional stability, and relationships with others. Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) treats BPD by concentrating on the relationship between the therapist and patient. Transference refers to feelings a...
Deconstructing Stigma: Remember to Live in the Moment
The following story features Meghan, a 27-year-old nanny in Massachusetts and participant in our Deconstructing Stigma: A Change in Thought Can Change a Life mental health public awareness campaign. Learn more at DeconstructingStigma.org . A trip to the local market could send Meg into a severe...
Paying It Forward Through a Paycheck
Sue Callori needs only to glance at her arms to remember the tools she uses when the going gets tough. On her right arm her tattoos read: “Challenge your thoughts,” “Radical acceptance,” and “Distraction,” and on her left: “This too shall pass.” The writings remind her of what she learned during her...
In the Media: Borderline Personality Disorder
Listen to Dr. Blaise Aguirre discuss the sleep issues that are common for people living with borderline personality disorder.
In the Media: Resiliency in BPD Treatment
Watch Dr. Karen L. Jacob discuss why resiliency is important for patients with borderline personality disorder.
Video: Courtney Cook Is Living Her Life With BPD
Courtney Cook showed every classic symptom of borderline personality disorder as a child—but wasn’t diagnosed until years later because many believed she’d “grow out of it.” She’s not alone in this experience—many other people in the United States with BPD feel as if their experience with the...
Video: Learn More About BPD: What Is Borderline Personality Disorder?
What is borderline personality disorder? How do you recognize the signs and symptoms of BPD? McLean’s Dr. Lois Choi-Kain answers common questions to help us better understand this disorder. What Is BPD? Borderline personality disorder is a problem of pervasive instability in many areas of...
Michael R. Hollander Retires After Four Decades of Helping Adolescents and Their Families
When he was still a graduate student in the 1970s, Michael Hollander’s first patient was an adolescent who was in a great deal of emotional pain. “She was suicidal, self-injurious, and probably would have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder had we been able to do that in those days...
Video: Expert Answers to Questions About BPD
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) can make everything about a person feel unstable. Whether it’s variations in mood, behavior, relationships, or thoughts, it can cause people with this condition to be quickly triggered by things others may not notice or react to. But it can also be treated...
In the Media: Trust Is ‘Key’ in Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
Dr. Lois W. Choi-Kain offers advice to clinicians seeking to establish strong alliances with patients who struggle with BPD.
Podcast: Ask Me Anything About Emotional Regulation
Jenn talks to Dr. Lois W. Choi-Kain. Lois offers tactics to overcome challenges with emotional regulation, provides tips to improve interpersonal hypersensitivity, and shares information about the connection between emotions and borderline personality disorder. Lois W. Choi-Kain, MEd, MD , is the...
In the Media: A New Name for BPD?
“I don’t think the term itself is pejorative. But I think that associations with the term have been very stigmatizing.” – Dr. Lois W. Choi-Kain
Podcast: What BPD Can Teach You About Managing Emotions
In this episode, Lois W. Choi-Kain, MEd, MD , provides tips on managing emotions that she has learned from treating patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD)—including ways to manage crises through emotional regulation. Dr. Lois Choi-Kain is the director of the Gunderson Personality...
Video: Ask Me Anything About Emotional Regulation and BPD
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is fundamentally a disorder of instability, whether in relationships, emotions, behavior, or self-regulation. These instabilities can impact not just our day-to-day, but our relationship with our loved ones. So how can we acknowledge our vulnerabilities, control...
In the Media: Former NFL Star Brandon Marshall Battling Stigma of Mental Illness – ‘We Still Have Work to Do’
McLean Award winner and former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall discusses his BPD diagnosis and the importance of removing the stigma of mental illness.
New Fund Honors Distinguished Career of Borderline Personality Disorder Expert Dr. Michael Hollander
It was 1979, and Michael Hollander, PhD, was a post-doctoral fellow at McLean’s adolescent day service when he overheard two girls talking about how they regularly burned their arms with lighters and red-hot coins. He was curious and joined the conversation. “What surprised me was that they didn’t...
In the Media: Electroconvulsive Therapy Effective for Depressed Patients With, Without Comorbid BPD
In a recent paper, Dr. Agustin G. Yip and colleagues argue that acute course ECT can benefit patients with depression with or without co-occurring borderline personality disorder.
In the Media: Brandon Marshall Tries to Break the Stigma of Mental Illness
Brandon Marshall, former NFL wide receiver, talks about his mental health advocacy work and how treatment at McLean Hospital helped him deal with isolation and depression.
