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? Clinical 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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