


YAY – May is BPD Awareness Month!
The U.S. House of Representative Resolution, H. Res. 1005 (April 1, 2008), designates “May as Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month as a means of educating our Nation about this disorder, the needs of those suffering from it, and its consequences...
Events Recap for 2019
This has been an eventful year!! Below is a list of just some of the things that happened in 2019. We had a wonderful Parlor Meeting, our 7th Parlor Meeting, on November 19th in NYC at a private home. The evening featured a YI whom we have been supporting, Dr. Keith...
Lots of Events to Attend in NYC Metro Area!!
There are lots of NYC Metro area events to attend relating to BPD and other mental disorders. We are highlighting for you here some events we attended in 2018 and a few more that are upcoming. SPRING 2018 April 13-14 NASSPD (North American Society for the Study of...
Our Visit with Dr. Sarah Fineberg and Her Team at Yale School of Medicine
Dr. Sarah Fineberg is one of the stellar young investigators in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) research who was funded in 2014 through our research partnership with the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF).We had a great visit with Sarah at Yale...
Borderline Personality Disorder Parlor Meeting Event Recap
In November, we held a Parlor Meeting in New York City where 40 guests heard presentations by two cutting-edge researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Dr. Hyun-Jae Pi* is investigating neural circuits involved in impulsivity, one of the key symptoms of...
BBRF Adds Borderline Personality Disorder as a Priority Illness
This year – for the first time – the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) has added borderline personality disorder (BPD) as a priority illness. This is really great news, coming at a time when lack of funding has lead many new scientists to...
Our Letter to the Director of the NIMH
Read our letter to the next Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) with suggestions regarding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) research. This letter is in response to the email “Request for Information” from NIMH asking...
May was Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
TARA (Treatment And Research Advancements) presented a Meet the Experts webinar series in May which can be viewed on their website. TARA, a not-for-profit organization established in 1994, is devoted to advocacy, research and education for those affected by BPD. It...