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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

Borderline Personality Disorder Resources

In 2010, a Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Expert Reference Group (BPDERG) was established by the then Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, The Hon. Mark Butler MP. The Chair of the Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia) [Network], Ms Janne McMahon OAM, was a member of the BPDERG.  During the course of 2011-12, the BPDERG began gathering information from the public and private sectors on policies and treatment options for people with BPD and their carers. As part of that work, the BPDERG asked its Carer Representative and Ms McMahon to gather information from consumers and carers via a survey to help inform the BPDERG’s discussions. Surveys of both Consumers and Carers were subsequently conducted online in 2011 under the auspice of the Network. After the two surveys were completed, two Primary Reports and a Summary Report were provided to the BPDERG. Copies of all three Reports are available below. 

 

The outcome of the work of the BPDERG was the development by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of a Clincial Practice Guideline for the Management of BPD, which you can access from their website by clicking on the title below.