Black and White thinking: The controversies of personality disorder

This conference will explore the controversies currently raging around how people given the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder should be considered within society.The way we view people often impacts on how we treat them.Through a mixture of clinical and mixed experience, delegates will take part in presentations, workshops and facilitated discussions around these topics.There will be networking opportunities and chances to interact both in person and over social-media.People will leave with a knowledge of the different philosophies around how to be helpful to this client group and how to integrate ideas in order to be as effective as possible when offering help.

Borderline Personality Disorder is one of the most controversial labels in mental health.It exists in today’s textbooks with a range of criteria to be met in order for the diagnosis to be given.We know that people who are given this diagnosis will have a lower life expectancy, have more risk of dying by suicide and are likely to have lived through significant trauma.

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