Why Isn’t Borderline Personality Disorder Treated Like This Illness?

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What if we treated borderline personality disorder like any other illness? How would it positively impact both the sufferer of borderline personality disorder & the family of the person suffering? Psychologist & BPD expert Dr. Ramani Durvasula breaks it down in this discussion.

In this interview, Dr Ramani & MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson also discuss...

How the family views & deals with mental health conditions like dementia vs borderline personality disorder
How the family can use the same support framework of other types of mental illness when it comes to BPD
The ideal type of treatment for borderline personality disorder
How to separate the disorder from the individual—and how that can make supporting that person easier, especially when emotion is involved
How cooccurring disorders like depression and anxiety may aggravate how someone with borderline personality disorder may handle their thoughts, mood, behavior, and common emotions like anger.
Why it's okay if supporting someone with BPD doesn't come easily

And more.

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