Personality Disorders

Follow the links below to find information on personality disorders and support services for sufferers.

Reviewed January 2009

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Title:	Dissociation and dissociative disorders
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Dissociation is a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity. Dissociative disorders include dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, depersonalisation disorder and dissociative identity disorder.
Date:	Oct 2009

Title:	Borderline personality disorder
Publisher:	SANE Australia
Description:	Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the name given to one of a group of psychiatric conditions called 'personality disorder'. BPD is characterised by distressing emotional states, difficulty in relating to other people, and self-harming behaviour.
Date:	Jan 2009

Title:	Borderline personality disorder
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of a group of psychiatric conditions known as 'personality disorders'. People with BPD have difficulty relating to other people. With treatment, the symptoms of BPD can be managed better, reduced or even eliminated.
Date:	Nov 2008

Title:	Community mental health teams (CMHTs) for people with severe mental illnesses and disordered personality
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Since the 1950s there has been a trend to close institutions of care for people who are mentally unwell. In addition, government policy has sought to reduce the number of hospital beds available in favour of care being provided in the community to enabl...
Date:	May 2007

Title:	What is a personality disorder?
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This brochure talks about personality disorders, outlining the main types, possible causes, treatment options, and where to go for help.
Date:	May 2007

Title:	Borderline personality disorder - myDr.com.au
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Borderline personality disorder is the name given to one of a group of psychiatric conditions called personality disorders.
Date:	Jan 2007

Title:	Disinhibited behaviours
Publisher:	Alzheimer's Australia
Description:	This help sheet will help you to control the disinhibited behaviour of a person with dementia. These behaviours are those that are tactless, inappropriate or antisocial.
Date:	Jul 2005

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