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PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF BLOG

To provide educational and emotional support to family, friends, and relationship partners of individuals with borderline personality disorder, emotional regulation disorder. Information found on the blog is designed to support, not to replace the relationship between patient and their physician or other healthcare professional.  Communications to BPDFamily.com should be addressed to:

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RECOMMENDATIONS

Facing the Facts / BPDFamily.com is recommended resource of The Personality Disorders Awareness Network (PDAN). PDAN was established in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness about the impact of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) on children, and on relationships. The PDAN mission is to encourage, sponsor, and financially support projects related to assisting those in relationships with individuals with BPD. PDAN resources encourage an atmosphere of respect and compassion for those suffering with the illness, while acknowledging the emotional distress and impairment in everyday functioning of those individuals in relationships with someone with BPD.

About.com BPD editor, Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD., lists Facing the Facts / BPDFamily.com as a recommended resource for families. Dr. Salters-Pedneault is a research associate of the National Center for PTSD Behavioral Science Division at the VA Boston Healthcare System, as well as an instructor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Salters-Pedneault conducts research that focuses on emotional processing and fear learning in traumatized populations and has received research funding from the National Institute of Mental Health.

ENDORSEMENTS

Facing the Facts is a valuable Web site dedicated to those who cope with individuals with

Borderline Personality. It offers fresh and practical ways to cope with those who express this

difficult to comprehend disorder. Facing the Facts helps us understand those whom we may love,

yet who push us away. And it helps us better understand others, and ourselves, as well.

~ Jerold J. Kreisman, MD, author of "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me"

I really like this web site. Especially the video, it was really thoughtful and reflective. Calm water in a stormy sea. I found this site helpful, wise and considered. Thanks. Keep up the good work.

~James Saunders at Oxford University Press

If family members feel like they're walking on eggshells, Facing the Facts gives them sturdy,

comfortable boots to protect them from those sharp, white edges. This site's founders have assembled the articles, message board, and other resources with great care to help families learn

about BPD and get back on their feet and feel good about themselves again!

~ Randi Kreger, author of "The Essential Family Guide", and "Stop Walking on Eggshells" 

This outstanding Web site not only facilitates the much needed peer support for partners and

family members of Borderlines - Facing the Facts also provides a superior collection of

educational material from experts. Comfort and healing are available here."

~ Lynn Melville, author of "Boomerang Love"

I am very impressed with the resources and the supportive atmosphere here at Facing the Facts.

It is a valuable resource for the many people trying to navigate a relationship with a parent with

BPD.

~ Kimberlee Roth, co-author of "Surviving A Borderline Parent"

There is hope if you are in a BP relationship. Knowledge, support, and a willingness to change

are the keys. I recommend beginning your journey with Facing the Facts. I am very impressed

with this site. It is a great tool.

~Susan Peabody, author of "Addiction to Love"

Nothing will empower you more than a greater understanding. Facing the Facts is a great starting

gate from which to journey further into the world of taking care of yourself.

~A.J. Mahari, author of "The Legacy of Abandonment in BPD"

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