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Some useful websites for carers

We have highlighted below a some useful sites, as a carer, you might find helpful and supportive - do let us know if there are other you think we should list below.

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Borderline Personality Disorder - a correct diagnosis?

Recently there has been some discussion of how Aspergers, a form of autism, is not being picked up and diagnosed in girls and women and how often it can be misdiagnosed frequently as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).

The reason women are often not diagnosed is that historically the criteria used is based on how it manifests in boys and men and women will present differently. New research is showing that it is often picked up later in girls who are better at masking it and is not diagnosed until they are teenagers or adults often following a breakdown.

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What can I do? What is the best treatment?

At one time a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) was seen as a diagnosis of exclusion, as it was said to be untreatable.  Today that attitude can still linger as the diagnosis carries stigma both in and out of the medical profession and carers will often encounter this attitude - one common example being in A& E departments where carers have often experienced an attitude of contempt for those that have self harmed.

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MBT for those suffering from BPD and an eating disorder

It is estimated that about a third of those with a diagnosis of BPD also suffer with an eating disorder. I recently attended a Sunlows seminar, run by a group of service users , on this topic. Many of the discussions centered around the fact that people with a joint diagnosis of BPD and an eating disorder do not do well when they receive only conventional treatment for the eating disorder.

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What is PD? – The carers’ perspective

Carers often find themselves totally confused about what their loved one’s diagnosis means and this is not helped by disagreements between researchers and professionals as to what causes personality disorder (PD) and how to categorise it.

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