BPDFamily.com
{{Short description|Online support group}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = BPDFamily.com
| logo =
| type = Peer Support Group for Family Members of a person with Borderline Personality Disorder
| founded_date = {{start date and age|2005}}
| founder = R. Skip Johnson MBA
Executive director
| key_people = John Cain MD
Clinical advisor
| location = Austin, TX 75231-4596
| area_served = Multi-national
(English speaking)
| product = Internet based message board and knowledge base
| purpose = 1. Preserve the family
2. Healthier healing of failed relationships
3. Provide clinically reliable relationship tools and educational material
| num_volunteers = 22
| num_members = 100,000
| homepage = DMOZ listing January 2008.{{Cite web|title=Disorders Personality Borderline |url=http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Borderline/ |publisher=DMOZ |author= |access-date=12 February 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212192835/http://www.dmoz.org/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Borderline// |archive-date=12 February 2008 }}
{{URL|http://bpdfamily.com}}
}}
BPDFamily.com is an online support group for the family members of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The group is one of the first "cyber" support groups to be recognized by the medical providers and receive professional referrals.{{cite book|last1=Kreisman |first1=Jerold J.|date=7 December 2010 |title=I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality|location=New York NY|publisher=Perigee Trade |page=242 |isbn=9780399536212}}
BPDFamily.com provides articles and message boards for family members to learn and share their experiences. The articles explain borderline personality disorder in understandable terms, and the discussion groups help to normalize the experiences of family members. The site appeals to family members who care about someone with borderline personality disorder, but are frustrated with the relationship demands and conflict.{{cite journal|last1=Danielson |first1=Lilly |title=Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder |journal=Praxis |volume=9 |issue=Fall 2009 |pages=55, 59, 60 |publisher=School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago |url=http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/socialwork/pdfs/praxis/Volume%209.pdf |access-date=14 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018140823/http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/socialwork/pdfs/praxis/Volume%209.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BPD_Brochure.pdf |title=Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month |author= |date=2012 |publisher=NEA-BPD: National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder |access-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222032208/http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/BPD_Brochure.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}
The site educates its members on concepts developed by Shari Manning PhD, Margalis Fjelstad PhD, Robert O. Friedel MD, and the NEA-BPD Family Connections Program and reached out to academia for collaborations. The site has an interactive web program that teaches the basic principles of cognitive behavioral therapy.{{cite web |title= On-Line Cognitive Therapy Program |url= http://bpdfamily.com/bpdresources/nk_a111.htm|publisher=BPDFamily.com|author=|access-date=21 November 2014}}
The website and support group are certified as a reputable health information resource by the Health On the Net Foundation.{{Cite web|title=Certified Member Profile|url=http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html?HONConduct764876|publisher=The Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct|author=|access-date=7 July 2014|archive-date=20 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920001742/http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html?HONConduct764876|url-status=dead}}
Funding has come from benefactors and member donations.{{cite web |title= About Us |url= http://bpdfamily.com/about|publisher=BPDFamily.com|author=|access-date=14 November 2014}}
Use by healthcare professionals
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BPDFamily.com is a listed reference site of the National Health Service (England),{{cite web|title=Personality disorder information for GPs |url=http://www.oxleas.nhs.uk/site-media/cms-downloads/GPmaster6_-_Personality_disorder_-_information_sources_for_GPs.pdf |website=Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |publisher=National Health Service (England) |access-date=9 March 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906034218/http://www.oxleas.nhs.uk/site-media/cms-downloads/GPmaster6_-_Personality_disorder_-_information_sources_for_GPs.pdf |archive-date=6 September 2012}} the National Alliance on Mental Illness,{{cite news|last1=Ackland |first1=Ann |title=Borderline Personality Disorder Resources |url=http://nami-wake.org/files/IrisFebruary12.pdf |work=The Iris |issue=2 |publisher=NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness |date=February 2012 |volume=27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101132840/http://www.nami-wake.org/files/IrisFebruary12.pdf|archive-date=1 January 2016 }} the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, and the Personality Disorders Awareness Network.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdan.org/resources/website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118123417/http://www.pdan.org/resources/website/ |url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-01-18 |title=Resources |author= |date=2008 |website=pdan.org |publisher=Personality Disorders Awareness Network |access-date=29 November 2014 }}
The group's services and programs are recommended in Primer on Borderline Personality Disorder,{{cite book|last1=Stanley, PhD|first1=Barbara |last2=New, MD|first2=Antonia S.|year=2017|title=Borderline Personality Disorder |publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|page=438|isbn=978-0199997510}} Abnormal and Clinical Psychology: An Introductory Textbook,{{cite book|last1=Bennett|first1=Paul |year=2011|title=Abnormal and Clinical Psychology: An Introductory Textbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zX3J1Jd1CZcC&q=%22BPDFamily.com%22 |publisher=McGraw-Hill International|location=New York City, NY|page=333|isbn=9780335237463}} Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen Relationships,{{cite book|last1=Norcross|first1=John |last2=Campbell|first2=Linda|last3=Grohol| first3=John|last4=Santrock|first4=John|last5=Selagea|first5=Florin|last6=Sommer|first6=Robert|year=2013 |title=Resources to Improve Emotional Health and Strengthen Relationships |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aM1oAgAAQBAJ&q=Self-Help+That+Works:+Resources+to+Improve+Emotional+Health+and+Strengthen+Relationships |publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, United Kingdom|page=144|isbn=9780199915156}} I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality, The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder,{{cite book|last=Kreger|first=Randi|year=2008|title=The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7MJdpMNfbfwC&q=essential+Family+Guide |publisher=Hazelden|location=Center City, Minn|pages=Acknowledgment XIX|isbn=9781592857838}} Stop Walking on Eggshells,{{cite book|last1=Mason |first1=Paul|last2=Kreger |first2=Randi|date=1998|title=Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder|location=Oakland, CA|publisher=New Harbinger|page=254 |isbn=9781592857838}} and Discovering Your Inner Child: Transforming Toxic Patterns and Finding Your Joy.{{cite book|last1=Hawkesworth|first1=Asha|title=Discovering Your Inner Child: Transforming Toxic Patterns and Finding Your Joy|date=14 March 2011|publisher=Imaginalove Media}} The site has been recommended by about.com expert Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD,{{cite web|last1=Salters-Pedneault, PhD |first1=Kristalyn |title=Borderline Personality Family Resources |url=http://bpd.about.com/od/forfamilyandfriends/a/BPDfamres.htm |website=about.com |publisher=New York Times |access-date=8 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915200543/http://bpd.about.com/od/forfamilyandfriends/a/BPDfamres.htm |archive-date=15 September 2015 }} Salon advice columnist Cary Tennis,{{cite news|last1=Tennis |first1=Cary |title=Does my mom have BPD? |url=http://www.salon.com/2013/04/22/does_my_mom_have_bpd/ |access-date=25 November 2014 |work=Salon |date=21 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111083434/http://www.salon.com/2013/04/22/does_my_mom_have_bpd/ |archive-date= January 11, 2016}} PsychCentral columnist Kate Thieda,{{cite web|last1=Thieda |first1=Kate |title=Roller-Coaster Relationship: Your Partner with Borderline Personality Disorder |url=http://blogs.psychcentral.com/wellness/2011/05/your-partner-with-borderline-personality-dis/ |access-date=27 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527083911/http://blogs.psychcentral.com/wellness/2011/05/your-partner-with-borderline-personality-dis/ |archive-date=27 May 2011 }} and by Randi Kreger at BPDCentral.{{cite web|url=http://bpdcentral.com/blog/?Where-to-Find-Online-Family-Member-Support-64 |title=Where to Find Online Family Member Support |publisher=BPDCentral |access-date=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318155531/http://bpdcentral.com/blog/?Where-to-Find-Online-Family-Member-Support-64 |archive-date=18 March 2015 }}
The organization has been involved and referenced in clinical research studies conducted by: Columbia University,{{cite journal|last1=Kalapatapu|first1=Raj K.|last2=Patil|first2=Uday|last3=Goodman|first3=Marianne S.|title=Using the Internet to Assess Perceptions of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: What Do Patients Want in the DSM-V?|journal=Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking|date=17 October 2010|volume=13|issue=5|pages=483–494|doi=10.1089/cyber.2009.0351|pmid=20950172}} University of Wollongong (Australia),{{cite journal|last1=Bailey|first1=Rachel|title=Caring for a person with personality disorder: A study of carer burden, support needs and interventions|journal=University of Wollongong|date=2 December 2014}}
California State University, Sacramento,{{cite journal|last1=Grubb|first1=Heather Janeen|title=Computer mediated self-help: a qualitative analysis of communication norms and self-disclosure in codependents anonymous online self-help groups|journal=Sacramento State Scholar Works|date=13 May 2015|url=http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/139500|hdl=10211.3/139500|hdl-access=free}} University of Toronto (Canada),{{cite web |title= Approved Research Collaborations |url= http://bpdfamily.com/message_board/index.php?topic=229630|publisher=BPDFamily.com|author=|date=3 February 2008}} University of Nevada, Bowling Green State University, Wright Institute (California), Colorado School of Professional Psychology, Long Island University, Alliant International University (California), Macquarie University (Australia), Middle Tennessee State University, Simon Fraser University (Canada) and Walden University. The organization also supports industry research studies conducted by the Treatment and Research Advancements Association for Personality Disorder (TARA-APD).
In a January 2013 column, Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault at Boston University School of Medicine says that although she highly recommends this group for family members, readers with borderline personality disorder should keep in mind that some people have been hurt by their family member with BPD and are speaking from this perspective.{{cite web|last1=Tartakovsky, M.S. |first1=Margarita |title=Living with Borderline Personality Disorder |url=http://psychcentral.com/lib/living-with-borderline-personality-disorder/3/ |website=PsychCentral |access-date=29 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912114651/http://psychcentral.com/lib/living-with-borderline-personality-disorder/3/ |archive-date=12 September 2015 }}
Traffic
{{As of|2015|alt=At its peak in 2015}}, BPDFamily.com was listed by Alexa Internet as the most visited BPD website in the world,{{cite web|title=Top Sites for Borderline Personality |url=http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Borderline |publisher=Alexa |access-date=27 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827035743/http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Health/Mental_Health/Disorders/Personality/Borderline |archive-date=27 August 2015 }} and it ranked 19th among all mental health websites.{{cite web|title=Top Mental Health Sites|url=http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Health/Mental_Health|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422090535/http://www.alexa.com:80/topsites/category/Top/Health/Mental_Health|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 April 2009|publisher=Alexa|access-date= 27 August 2015}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.bpdfamily.com}}
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{{Borderline personality disorder}}
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