Inside Mental Health Podcast: Finding out that someone you know is self-harming can be confusing and unsettling. In today’s episode we learn more about this behavior and what causes people to self-injure. How common is it? What type of person self-injures? Most importantly, is this something people can overcome? If so, what steps can we take to move past self-injury?
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Inside Mental Health Podcast: Inside Borderline Personality Disorder
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common, yet often misunderstood psychiatric disorder. In this episode, Dr. Joseph W. Shannon describes the hallmarks of BPD, what is required for a formal diagnosis, and explains the best practices for treatment.
Along with being an expert on personality disorders, Dr. Shannon’s work includes training his fellow clinicians on how to diagnose and treat BPD and explains that if they would change their approach, they would get better results.