Dr Martha Kent spoke about the basics of BPD, and the challenges and recommendations for carers. What is BPD? Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) can be challenging to understand and describe. The diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 manual (American) and ICD-11...
What a year this has been. It has affected us all in some way. It has certainly affected Sanctuary members as sadly, we have not been able to meet face to face and I have missed meeting with many of you, both “old” members and new. We have had the stress of lockdowns,...
From Spectrum Personality Disorder Service, Victoria How to help when your family and friends are emotionally distressed? In times of stress, people with BPD may become easily overwhelmed. They want ‘something’ from us, but they may not know what...
RANZCP (the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists) provide this great advice about Helping Someone With BPD yourhealthinmind.org/mental-illnesses-disorders/bpd/helping-someone Photo by Muhammad Daudy from Unsplash More posts like this: Caring...
When a Name Matters By David Militz, Carers SA CEO Carers SA e-News, Edition 31 June 2020 In April, like the rest of South Australia, I was deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic passing of Ann Marie Smith, and the circumstances surrounding her death. As a...
April’s Sanctuary meeting was held on line (that way, we complied with COVID 19 restrictions). We had 27 members join the on line meeting which went well despite a few people who had issues like microphones not working at their end. Together we watched a video...
