Science at the 'border'

Mind and Brain Investigations of Borderline Personality Disorder and its Treatment

by Eric A. Fertuck, Ph.D.

A Compelling New Framework for BPD Research: The Promise of Neuropeptides

Why would anyone deliberately physically harm themselves? Read More

Borderline “Empathy” Revisited

"The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages." Virginia Woolf Read More

May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month

Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted (H.R. 1005) to make May Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) awareness month. This recognition is the fruit of the labors of many patients, families, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers who have toiled for decades to have BPD recognized as the serious disorder and public health concern that it is. Read More

Borderline Personality Disorder is Real - Part I. Diagnostic Validity

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. - Bertrand Russell, British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)Is BPD a bona fide psychological disorder? Over at least the last three decades, this question has plagued both BPD experts and BPD-afflicted individuals. In my clinical and r Read More

Welcome to a New Blog about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

What is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? Read More

Eric A. Fertuck is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University and a Research Scientist at New York State Psychiatric Institute.

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