Sanctuary BPD Carers Blog
Sanctuary members regularly contribute to this blog with information of interest to Carers of people with BPD.
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BPD Awareness Week 2019 – Postcards
These beautiful postcards are available for download from the BPD Awareness Week website
SA activities for BPD Awareness Week 2019
In October, instead of our regular meeting, lets catch up at these BPD Awareness Week activities, between 1st and 9th October ………
October 2019 Mens Group – Coffee Chat
Sanctuary Mens Group met on Sunday 6th October.
September 2019 Mens Group Meeting – Coffee Chat
The September meeting of the Sanctuary’s Mens Group was a great success!
September 2019 Sanctuary Meeting – On Diagnosis
We took this opportunity to focus on diagnosis, sharing a video from the NEA.BPD.
On Loneliness
Professor Sharon Lawn shares her very personal experience caring for her husband who has significant mental illness and psychosocial disability.
Opening – BPD Awareness Week 2019
October 1st to 7th 2019 is BPD Awareness Week
Don’t miss the Opening:
Keynote speaker is Professor Anthony Bateman, a world expert on Mentalization and, of course, an expert in BPD!
Tuesday 1st October, 5:30pm
2019 National BPD Conference – November 14-15
Hear Professor Jayashri Kulkarni and a team of lived experience speakers on BPD – Best Practice Deserved
Friday 15th November at the Bayview Eden Melbourne, 6 Queens Road, Albert Park VIC 3004
For people with lived experience, families, friends & clinicians.
Petition for more funded visits for complex mental health conditions
The Australian BPD Foundation have a petition to increase Medicare-funded visits for BPD and other complex mental health conditions.
You can support them by signing the petition online.
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This website is produced by members of the Sanctuary Support Group. We are not mental health professionals nor clinicians. We are ordinary people who care for someone with BPD. This website is a collection of information that we have found helpful or of interest in the context of our own lived experiences. The content of this website is not a substitute for independent professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.