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Welcome. You have arrived at this site due to either personal experience with Borderline Personality Disorder, concern for a loved one with BPD, or a desire to expand your knowledge on the subject. This platform aims to inform, support, and validate individuals affected by this often misunderstood mental health disorder.
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This site was designed with a user friendly approach to offer several categories of information pertaining to BPD at your fingertips. utilize the menu above to explore Diagnosis, treatment, psycho-education and more.
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Please enjoy your time in this space - thank you for being here.
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“A borderline suffers a kind of emotional hemophilia; they lack the clotting mechanism needed to moderate their spurts of feeling. Stimulate a passion, and the borderline emotionally bleeds to death.”
― Jerold Kreisman, Hal Straus, I Hate You-Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
Neurobiology
In recent years, there has been a shift in the literature on the biological foundation of BPD towards utilizing neuroimaging techniques to directly observe brain structure and function. The majority of the research focuses on brain areas associated with emotional processing, including the amygdala, insula, posterior cingulate cortex, hippocampus, anterior cingulate cortex, and prefrontal regulatory regions.
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In recent years, neuroimaging has emerged as a crucial tool in clinical neurobiology, playing a pivotal role in understanding the brain. It encompasses various techniques like positron emission tomography (PET), functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), MR spectroscopy, and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).