7 Common Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder in Teenagers | The Right Step

Source: 7 Common Signs of Borderline Personality Disorder in Teenagers | The Right Step

Borderline Personality Disorder | InnerChange

I believe that, despite what it says here, BPD can be prevented, if you are brought up in a validating environment — Joyce.

 

Borderline personality disorder is characterized by unstable relationships, emotional dysregulation, self-harm and impulsive behavior.

Source: Borderline Personality Disorder | InnerChange

Feelings Come and Go | Sext, Text & What’s Next: Teens, Young Adults & Technology

Source: Feelings Come and Go | Sext, Text & What’s Next: Teens, Young Adults & Technology

Borderline personality symptoms in teens

Borderline personality symptoms in teens from Col Mukteshwar Prasad

DBT: What Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy? | Child Mind Institute

Dialectical behavioral therapy or DBT is a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and the practice of mindfulness. It has been adapted for teenagers and shown to be effective for kids with emotional instability, or dysregulation, self harm, and suicidal thoughts or attempts.

Source: DBT: What Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy? | Child Mind Institute

Borderline Personality Disorder: Help & Treatment for Teens

What Is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be described as a serious mental condition that causes unstable emotions, impulsive behavior and occasionally psychotic episodes. Patients with BPD are unable to regulate their thoughts or moods, which usually results in poor self-image, stormy interpersonal relationships and major difficulties fitting in with a crowd […]

Source: Borderline Personality Disorder: Help & Treatment for Teens

Male Teens with Borderline Personality Disorder – Paradigm Malibu

Male Teens with Borderline Personality Disorder – Paradigm Malibu.

Brief Group Therapy Can Improve Teen Mental Health | Psych Central News

Brief Group Therapy Can Improve Teen Mental Health | Psych Central News.

Prevention in the form of CBT for Teens

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/resilient-youth/2013/09/prevention-in-the-form-of-cbt-for-teens-part-1/

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/resilient-youth/2013/09/prevention-in-the-form-of-cbt-for-teens-part-2/

I Was A Violent, Angry Teenager; We’re Not All Lost Causes

I Was A Violent, Angry Teenager; We’re Not All Lost Causes.

A system that fails troubled teens

This article really got to me:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/a-system-that-fails-troubled-teens/article12872291/?page=all

Teenage Mind: First Time Evidence Links Over Interpretation of Social Situations to Personality Disorder

Carla Sharp, an associate professor and director of the Developmental Psychopathology Lab in clinical psychology at the University of Houston (UH), became interested in the way people think, how they organize thoughts, execute a decision, then determine whether a decision is good or bad.

…personality researchers have highlighted the point that teens do not wake up at 19 and have a personality disorder on the first day of their 19th year…

Continue reading:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110928142454.htm

BPD In Teens

Here are some articles about BPD in teenagers:

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/stop-walking-eggshells/201006/borderline-personality-disorder-in-adolescents

http://consults.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/borderline-personality-disorder-in-teenagers/

http://bpd.about.com/od/forfamilyandfriends/a/bpdchildsxs.htm

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/uoh-nuo092811.php

http://www.beachpsych.com/pages/cc138.html

BPD and Adolescents

Here are some links to some excellent articles about Borderline Personality Disorder and Adolescents:

http://borderlinepersonalitytreatment.com/adapting-borderline-personality-disorder-treatment-for-adolescents.html

http://borderlinepersonalitytreatment.com/early-detection-and-timely-intervention-of-bpd-in-adolescents.html

http://borderlinepersonalitytreatment.com/adolescent-vs-adult-onset-bpd.html

http://borderlinepersonalitytreatment.com/teens-bpd-symptoms-treatment.html

http://borderlinepersonalitytreatment.com/bpd-research-teenagers.html

http://borderlinepersonalitytreatment.com/recognize-borderline-personality-disorder-teens.html

We need to catch BPD early to save years or decades of unnecessary unbearable pain for BPD sufferers and everyone around them!