Bron Parks

Mental Health Clinician; Psychology & Counselling. Working in the Community Mental Health sector.

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Every day in #Liptember I'll share facts about #womensmentalhealth issues to raise awareness. Find support @LifelineAust 13 11 14

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With a crisis admission plan, BPD patients cannot be refused hospital admission #stigma2strength

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Crisis admission validates people experiencing BPD and replaces suicide as an option #stigma2strength

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"Emotionally unstable personality disorder" - Sandra McMillan. A new term for bpd that's a fit for fit for purpose @OzBPD #stigma2strength

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Even ambulance drivers could be taught mindfulness and ground clients to help in their emotional regulation #stigma2strength

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The amygdala is an almond in the brain that we need to learn to control rather than have it control us - Teresa Stevenson #BPDAwareness

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How to 'work with', not how to 'do to' - Teresa Stevenson @OzBPD #BPDawareness

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Work with BPD patients where they're at. Support patients to learn how their behaviours are influenced by their feelings #stigma2strength

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It's about teaching someone how to drive their own car, with dodgy breaks, and hypersensitive accelerator and all.

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@estherchinmedia I can't get how this would work in a therapeutic setting where the aim is transference

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In bpd patients prefrontal cortex had less control over Amygdala - Sathya Rao, showing how it's a disorder, and not just behaviour related

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Yet how does psychodynamic therapy work where the aim is for the therapist to have a blank slate to encourage transference?

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Bpds are more likely to interrupt neutral facial expressions as negative, so a blank 'therapy face' is a bad idea. - Sathya Rao

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Treatments work [for bpd] - Sathya Rao @OzBPD #BPDawareness #stigma2strength

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Medication for suicide ideation should be short term (PRN) only, there isn't any specific medication for bpd - Sathya Rao #BPDawareness

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Bpd isn't an ideal title 'ppl aren't borderline' and 'personality disorder' sounds like a 'character flaw' - Sathya Rao @OzBPD

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The term 'complex ptsd' can't replace bpd as it excludes those that don't have a trauma bg - Prof Sathya Rao @ Spectrum #BPDawareness

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Andrew Chanen "people always jump to the conclusion that there must have been a history of significant trauma" #BPDawareness

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@estherchinmedia @Trish04073355 @moonpharie It takes a lot of time and attention, and together, this is how we will raise awareness 😊

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Insightful and inspiring. Sonia Neale in a nutshell. Just a reminder #recoveryispossible #stigma2strength @OzBPD

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7th BPD conference word for word by @estherchinmedia @Trish04073355 @moonpharie 🙌 #BPDawareness #stigma2strength