Borderline Personality Disorder Support Services in South Australia

This Borderline Personality Disorder Support Services in South Australia website is designed to provide a central point for information for consumers, carers, family members and health providers about Borderline Personality Disorder and the support services including referral requirements, available in South Australia.

 

Organisation

Country: Australia

BPD Collaborative (BPD Co)

The BPD Collaborative (BPD Co) initiative is a South-Australian wide collaboration that has been developed in response to the demonstrated need for enhanced, evidence-based borderline personality disorder (BPD) service development in South Australia, tailored to the needs of consumers, carers and clinicians. The hub and spoke service model will facilitate the operation of an integrated BPD service across South Australia, offering consistent, high-quality care close to where people live. Outcomes to be achieved over time include:

• Improved access to appropriate early intervention services;
• Improved access to appropriate evidence-based services;
• Improved access to recovery-focussed services;
• Reduction in the level of suicide and deliberate self-harm by those who suffer from BPD;
• Decreased presentations to hospitals, including emergency departments, by BPD clients;
• Decreased experience of stigma and discrimination faced by those with a diagnosis of BPD.

 

Organisation

Address: Level 1, 100 Greenhill Road, Unley SA 5061

Country: Australia

Email: health.BPDservice@sa.gov.au

Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Association

The Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Association is a not for profit organisation that promotes awareness, education, and research of borderline personality disorder and cultivate an atmosphere of support among professionals, consumers, and families throughout the state.

 

Organisation

Country: United States of America

Email: info@fbpda.org

New England Personality Disorder Association (NEPDA)

NEPDA's mission is a not for profit organisation that aims to promote education, support and advocacy in the field of personality disorders, with a concentration on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). NEPDA sponsors workshops, conferences and small-group meetings for family members, friends and other loved ones, consumers of mental health services, professionals and the community at large in order to improve awareness of personality disorders and reduce the stigma which is often associated with them. NEPDA partners with other groups and organizations, including McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, in disseminating educational materials and providing basic information and personal support to those who may be confronting one or more of these disorders for the first time.

 

Organisation

Address: 115 Mill Street Belmont, MA 02478

Country: United States of America

Spectrum Personality Disorder Service For Victoria

Spectrum Personality Disorder Service for Victoria is the Statewide Centre of Clinical Excellence for Personality Disorders. It was established by the Victorian Health Department in 1999 and is managed by Eastern Health. Spectrum provides leadership in the application of evidence-based best practice around treatment and recovery from personality disorders. Spectrum offers a range of services including:

• Specialist treatment to the small number of people for whom a specialist service is most appropriate. Over many years, we have developed expertise in treating people with personality disorders, especially BPD. This expertise includes working with people with complex care needs, working with significant clinical risk, as well as offering treatment in several evidence-based approaches.
• Training of mental health professionals
• Secondary consultations to other service providers to enable them to support people with personality disorders. (When supported, skilled service providers outside of Spectrum can offer the vast majority of services).
• Face-to-face psycho-education and support for people with personality disorders and their families and friends. We also have some capacity to support other services to offer such resources.
• Sector leadership to enhance supports for people with personality disorders.
• Research into personality disorders to help inform and develop best practice
• Advocacy for the needs of Victorians with personality disorder, their families and carers, and for improved resourcing of the mental health system that provides treatment and support.

Spectrum supports and works with local Area Mental Health Services (AMHS) and health professionals to provide treatment for people aged 16-64 who are assessed as having, or who have a personality disorder. We particularly focus on those who are at risk from serious self-harm or suicide and who have complex needs.

 

Organisation

Address: 110 Church St, Richmond, Victoria, 3121

Country: Australia