Borderline Personality Disorder Related Content

Video: Remaining in Control of Our Emotions

Sharing tips we can all use, Dr. Choi-Kain breaks down what she has learned about managing emotions from treating patients with borderline personality disorder. COVID-19 has created heightened emotions for everyone, often bringing feelings of lack of control, helplessness, and isolation to many. To...

Podcast: Living a Life of Empathy and Experience

On today’s episode, Trevor discusses his perception of self and feeling that he is useless. He is joined by Sophia L. Maurasse, MD , medical director of McLean’s 3East Girls Intensive and Step Down Programs . Sophia discusses her difficult childhood experience fleeing from war-torn Liberia and how...

Video: Lecture – Examining Stepped Care in Personality Disorder Treatment

Presented by Brin Grenyer, MSc, PhD, MAPS, MAICD, Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders – Visiting Scholar Series lecture Many people with personality disorders seek care from emergency and inpatient mental health services. Unfortunately, these approaches often focus on helping a person in...

Podcast: Riding to Remember With Mac Dorris

Trevor discusses the negative ways in which mental illness is portrayed by the media before he is joined by Mac Dorris, founder of the Ride for Mental Health . Mac started this charity bike ride in honor of his son, Eric, who struggled with borderline personality disorder and depression. Eric passed...

Podcast: Boys Have Borderline Personality Disorder Too

Today, Trevor is joined by Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD , director of McLean’s 3East Boys Intensive Program , to discuss gender as it relates to borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alan talks about the differences in how BPD presents itself in men vs. women. He also notes that there is work to do in...

John Gunderson: Borderline Personality Disorder Trailblazer

As a young psychiatrist, John G. Gunderson, MD, was fascinated by certain patients that he, and even his more experienced colleagues, struggled to diagnose and treat. They were challenging and sometimes erratic. They would cut or burn themselves. Often, they would grasp on to one person as their...

Training the Next Generation to Treat Borderline Personality Disorder

Alexandra Yogman, LICSW, recalls the first time she talked alone with a patient with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It was 2015, and as part of her social work master’s degree program, she was interning on McLean’s Short Term Unit. She had spent several months shadowing experienced...

In Memoriam: John G. Gunderson, MD

John G. Gunderson, MD, a pioneer in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, died at home on January 11, 2019, while surrounded by his family. The cause was prostate cancer. Dr...

Video: Patient Story – Aaron

Watch Aaron’s story on how he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and taught the skills he needs to manage his mental illness.

Video: 3East – McLean’s DBT Programs for Teens

The 3East programs provide specialized care for teens and young adults who require treatment for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and emerging borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Video: McLean Hospital – A Leader in Mental Health

As a leader in the field, McLean Hospital is committed to offering world-class patient care, conducting cutting-edge research, and delivering exceptional education for mental health professionals and the general public.

Video: The Application of Mindfulness in the Treatment of BPD

Hosted by Blaise Aguirre, MD , McLean Hospital. Mindfulness is a core skill of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and involves increasing self-awareness by learning to focus on one’s experience of the present moment. Dr. Aguirre discusses the application of mindfulness in the treatment of BPD. Part...