Mental Illness and Untidiness

Mental Illness and Untidiness

On Sunday I went to help my daughter tidy her room. Well it took me two hours to “find” the floor and the bench top in her room. I know that some of you also have similar problems with your children whatever their age. I have friends whose sons/daughters do not have...
Self-harm and BPD, from Gunderson and Hoffman Publication

Self-harm and BPD, from Gunderson and Hoffman Publication

Suicidal and Self-Injurious Behaviour in Borderline Personality Disorder Barbara Stanley, Ph.D. Beth S. Brodsky, Ph.D.   Deliberately inflicted self-harm in the context of borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be disturbing, frightening, and shame provoking...
Opening Event – BPD Awareness Week 2018

Opening Event – BPD Awareness Week 2018

You are warmly invited to join us at the Opening Event of BPD Awareness Week 2018   To be Opened by SA Minister of Health Stephen Wade MLC   To be Addressed by Tammy Franks, Greens MLC   Hear lived experience advocates Aaron and Tanya speak about BPD...
Listen to Voices of Lived Experience

Listen to Voices of Lived Experience

      See me. Feel me. Touch me. Heal me. – Pete Townsend This offering comes from the 2018 BPD Awareness Week campaign, from the Australian BPD Foundation collaborating with many other groups that support Australians with Borderline...
Mothering and mental illness – All in the Mind radio program

Mothering and mental illness – All in the Mind radio program

ABC Radio National aired this story on All in the Mind on 2nd September 2018: Mothering and mental illness Having children can be wonderful but there’s no doubt that parenting can be challenging, especially for women with mental illness. We hear about the lives of...