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Please ask your candidates for the 2022 Elections to show their support for the National Consensus Statement by, with and for people impacted by borderline personality disorder (BPD)
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- Show your support for our consensus Statement
- Email your local member and candidates asking them to show their (and their parties) support for the Statement
- Ask your family and friends to support the campaign.
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With the Federal election less than 2 weeks away we invite you to join our community campaign to advocate for people with BPD to be able to access timely and appropriate services.
As Federal candidates lobby us for our vote, now is the time to lean into our power as voters and invite them to show their support for the ‘National Consensus Statement: By, With and for People Impacted by BPD’. As a first step please show your support for the statement bpdfoundation.org.au/national-consensus-statement.phpWith the Federal election less than 2 weeks away we invite you to join our community campaign to advocate for people with BPD to be able to access timely and appropriate services.
As Federal candidates lobby us for our vote, now is the time to lean into our power as voters and invite them to show their support for the ‘National Consensus Statement: By, With and for People Impacted by BPD’. As a first step please show your support for the statement bpdfoundation.org.au/national-consensus-statement.php
This online BPD mini-conference presentation by Mahlie Jewell and Dr Charlotte van Schie explores building engagement and positive treatment outcomes with neurodiversity in BPD. Alongside Charlotte’s scientific discussion of differential brain functioning observed in people living with BPD, Mahlie discusses her experience living with brain injury, trauma and BPD. www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=901659&This online BPD mini-conference presentation by Mahlie Jewell and Dr Charlotte van Schie explores building engagement and positive treatment outcomes with neurodiversity in BPD. Alongside Charlotte’s scientific discussion of differential brain functioning observed in people living with BPD, Mahlie discusses her experience living with brain injury, trauma and BPD. www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=901659&
The May eBulletin announces our mini-conference exploring neurodiversity in BPD - coinciding with BPD Awareness month in USA, Canada & UK - and features Joseph outlining overlaps and differences between complex PTSD & BPD. Plus the usual compilation of Australian training and support opportunities! mailchi.mp/912c80ab5468/may-2022-bpd-news-training-supports-and-more
May 2022 BPD news, training, supports and more!
May 2022 BPD news, training, supports and more!
Complex PTSD vs BPD?BPD Awareness WeekUnfortunately, there is much negative media attention focussed on BPD at the moment. It would be GREAT if, just once, this news was about appropriate funding for research and/or ensuring people experiencing BPD and their support network could receive the treatment and support the need WHEN needed.
This post is a reminder of the power of language to hurt and discriminate and the need to be mindful about assuming that because one person with a particular diagnosis behaves in a certain way does not mean that everyone will or does. The media has rules about this as this type of reporting is not OK. Unfortunately because a well-known person made the quote this rule no longer applies
A person with BPD sense of self-identity and self-worth is often quite low. Please do NOT promote negative, hurtful comments on social media and increase their experiences of shame and self-hatredPhotos from Australian BPD Foundation's post
This may be of interest to some followers living in the Wollongong area (NSW)Project Air Strategy at the University of Wollongong and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute is looking for volunteers to take part in a study to understand self and interpersonal functioning using brain scans.
With this study, they aim to understand how people understand themselves and others. They plan on comparing data collected between individuals with a current diagnosis of borderline personality disorder to those without a current diagnosis of personality disorder.
Participation is by completing some questions and an interview with a researcher, then attending a Wollongong medical scanner for a one hour MRI brain scanning session.
They are looking for volunteers without a current diagnosis of any personality disorder and volunteers with a current diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, aged 18 – 55 years old.
Through volunteering in the study you will receive monetary reimbursement to the value of $100 and an image of your brain developed from the brain scan.
If you are interested in being part of the study or finding out more, please use the following link to an online survey:
uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9EviEMu8oImP5Yh#_blank
This study is being conducted by Professor Brin Grenyer, Dr Ely Marceau, Dr Charlotte van Schie, Dr Michelle Townsend and Emily Matthews from the school of psychology. You can contact the researchers of the study via email: research-projectair@uow.edu.au, or phone: 02 4298 1571.
