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Please ask your newly (re-)elected Federal MPs and your State MPs to show leadership on the National Consensus Statement by, with and for people impacted by borderline personality disorder (BPD).
- Show your support for our consensus Statement
- Email your local member asking them to show their support for the Statement and to forward the Statement to the new Minister for Mental Health - The Honourable Emma McBride MP
- Ask your family and friends to support the campaign.
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The December eBulletin shares news about events held during BPD Awareness Week, our AGM, and Project Air's Conference - shining the lens on the person with lived experience of BPD. As we head into the holiday season we also include some info on self-care for this time of the year, and Molly (our BPD mascot this month) reminds us how she loves de-stressing by going outdoors for walks - wearing her BPD bandanna of course! Details inside the eBulletin on how you can get one for your fur-family, and support our Foundation as well :-)
Dec 2022 BPD news, training, supports and more!
Dec 2022 BPD news, training, supports and more!
Person-centred CareCONGRATULATIONS to Mahlie Jewell Living Arts Therapy & Co-Design and graphic designer for our BPD Awareness Week campaigns for continuing to be a trailblazer and challenge the 'norms' in the lived experience, mental health practitioner and research space with the publication of lnkd.in/eGRnz9A3 demonstrating the value of peer-led, online art therapy group.
I know Mahlie and the team experienced many challenges to get published it's really important to note that the data is split by pronouns, not binary gender categories and the use of trauma-informed and strength-responsive language.
Congratulations, too, to Brin Grenyer and the Project Air Strategy team #mentalhealth #research #bpd #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #arttherapy #dbt #dbtskills
Evaluation of a skills-based peer-led art therapy online-group for people with emotion dysregulation - Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
Objective We developed and piloted a novel art-based online skills program led by a peer mental health professional with lived experience of complex mental health, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Key challenges of living with BPD and emotion dysregulation were addressed through artm...☝🏻The development of new classifications for #personalitydisorders help us to better understand the phenomenology of #identity, #interpersonal and #functioning problems. It also gives us lights to be able to perform early interventions and avoid complications.
Let's check out this interesting paper by Chanel and team.👇🏼
📲Link: doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20220062
Have you been impacted by mental health-related stigma or discrimination? Tell us if the draft National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy will make a difference. Your experience can help others.
Provide your feedback here 👉 mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/StigmaStrategyDraftConsultation
Public consultation closes 1 Feb, 2023.
We're joining with #GivingTuesdayAUS this year (29 November) to raise funds to continue the development of resources to raise awareness of BPD. Here are some of the images from this year's BPD Awareness Week campaign 'BPD: See the Person'. We welcome your support to help us acknowledge the person alongside a diagnosis or label. You can donate via Facebook or directly at our website: www.bpdfoundation.org.au/donate.phpPhotos from Australian BPD Foundation's post
