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Please add you voice to our campaign to increase the number of sessions funded under the Better Access Scheme for BPD
We have set up a petition on change.org requesting an increase in the number of Medicare funded psychologist appointment under the Better Access initiative to 40 visits for Borderline Personality Disorder and other complex mental illnesses
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Sane Forum: Topic Tuesday // Being a male in a caring role // Tues 25 June, 7pm AEST
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Topic Tuesday // Being a male in a caring role // Tues 25 June, 7pm AEST
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In collaboration with Mental Health Carers NSW, the Australian BPD Foundation and BEING - Mental Health & Wellbeing Consumer Advisory Group, we are hosting a Consumer, Family and Carer Day on Thursday the 7th November in Wollongong, NSW.
The Consumer, Family and Carer day will be an opportunity for perspectives from people with lived experience and family and carers to be shared. Attendees will also have opportunity to hear about the latest research in the recovery space and will have the opportunity to voice their views on central to the treatment of personality disorders.
The theme for the day is "Respecting Perspectives". If you are a person with lived experience and interested in sharing your perspective, our call for expressions of interest closes on 1st July.
Contact us: info-projectair@uow.edu.au with a 250-word summary
Seeking participants for a research project: Do you or your partner have BPD and are currently in a long-term relationship of over one year?
Researchers at Deakin University are conducting a study to learn what factors are important to the success of long-term romantic relationships where one of the couple has Borderline Personality Disorder.
We are seeking participant couples who:
1. Are in a romantic relationship that began at least one year ago
2. One individual in the couple has a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
3. Are both over 18 years of age
4. Are able to attend Spectrum, Richmond, Victoria for a research interview of approximately 40 minutes each for you and your partner
Interested in being part of this world-first research?
Click below to find out more, complete an initial 10-minute survey, and the opportunity to be involved in an engaging interview about what makes your relationship tick. bit.ly/2WXmSWs
(Participants will each receive a $25 Coles/Myer voucher in appreciation of their time).
For more information please contact Dr Helen Mildred on (03) 9843 5867 or spectrum.research@easternhealth.org.au
Name: Dr Helen Mildred, Senior Clinical Psychologist
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Factors that contribute to relationship success when one partner has BPD
Ok l am and we are happy to help😀
Ruth Thornton
Very interested, but never been formally diagnosed. Was informally back in high school but my psych didn’t want to give me the label so think that excludes me
Good luck getting anyone with a diagnosis
Since there is far to little known about BPD, I'd love to but the given criteria don't allow for it.
George Faraonio
Shane Anderson
I'd like to know the results though.
Topic Tuesday // How to support yourself while supporting others // Tues 18 June, 7pm AEST
When we have lived experience of complex mental health, it's natural to want to reach out and support those who are also navigating the recovery journey. Connecting and engaging with others who understand our narrative is a powerful tool to self-healing. But sometimes it's easy to become overwhelmed and at times anxious as we try to manage our own symptoms alongside someone else's.
Join Sane for this Topic Tuesday as they feature a very special guest with professional insight in the youth sector to discuss maintaining our own mental wellbeing as we support others. Please note whilst this event features some youth related topics, it is open to members of all ages.
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Topic Tuesday // How to support yourself while supporting others // Tues 18 June, 7pm AEST
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In this article, Peter Fonagy speaks of his own struggles in early life as a refugee child, and how therapy saved his life. Fifty years on, he is known as the 'father' of mentalisation-based therapy, a distinguished psychoanalyst and researcher, and the Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre for Children and Families.
The work of Peter Fonagy has had tremendous impact on the understanding of personality disorder and its treatment.
www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/27/peter-fonagy-refugee-child-psychologist-anna-freud-centre...
Therapy saved a refugee child. Fifty years on, he’s leading a mental health revolution
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Psychologist Peter Fonagy tells of his own struggles in early life as the Anna Freud charity that he heads opens a major new centre for traumatised children