Borderline Personality Disorder in Teen
treatments
Why this kind of therapy?
Behavioral Tech
Understand how Dialectic Behavioral Therapy can help you and your teen with borderline personality disorder. Study this FAQ to interact in a more validating and productive way with your teen.
QA session with a physician
BPD Central
Dr. Aguirre answers some pertinent questions about diagnosing borderline personality disorder in teens and children and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy. Learn some pointers on what parents can do.
Therapy discussion continued
Mental Help Net
Perfect link that sheds even more light on the principles of Dialectic Behavioral Therapy and how it can guide your teen with borderline personality disorder toward a better life.
In addition to therapy
Borderline UK
Although not a cure, these medications might help ease some symptoms associated with borderline personality disorder. Talk to a doctor to learn what medications might help your teen cope better.
Where to take your child
BPD Central
Your teen can benefit by getting help from people trained specifically in treating borderline personality disorder. This Web site will help you find a provider or facility near you.
symptoms
Borderline fact sheet
NARSAD
Discover borderline personality disorder basics with this thorough four-page guide that you might want to print out.
Is that what it's like?
Biological Unhappiness
This brief description might help you understand why your teen with borderline personality disorder acts the way he does. The rest of the page contains some outdated and contested information.
Don't miss these signs!
Helpguide
Unfortunately, teens with borderline personality disorder have a higher risk of self-harm and suicide. This helpful guide is a great resource for learning the warning signs.
Touching personal stories
YouTube
Although it doesn't specifically address borderline personality disorder, this video might have you in tears as children and their families recount their struggles with mental illness.
They've been there
Keeping Kids Healthy
In this amazing video, two women and their mothers share their personal experiences of being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in their teens.
Symptoms in childhood
BPD Demystified
Even though borderline personality disorder is often diagnosed in the teen years or early adulthood, some parents can see the symptoms described here in early childhood.
self-help
New frontiers of research
National Education Alliance
Get the feel for current theories and possible treatment options coming down the pike with these videos from recent medical conferences.
Raising a teenager is a daunting task in itself; it's even more difficult if your teen has borderline personality disorder. Connect with other parents in this online forum.
causes
How the doctors review
eMedicine
This entry in eMedicine is perfect for people with some healthcare training or parents who already know a good deal about borderline personality disorder.
They always blame the parents
Helpguide
Sometimes things happen despite parents' best efforts. One theory suggests that early childhood trauma or abuse can lead to borderline personality disorder and other conditions.


