Going Mental with Eileen Kelly

Debunking Personality Disorders with Dr. Brandon Unruh

Nov 10, 2021

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The History of McLean Hospital

2min

The Path to Psychiatry

3min

The Importance of Listening in Vivo to People's Lived Experience

2min

The Importance of Being Confided

2min

The Stigma of Personality Disorders

4min

The Four Domains of Personality Disorder

2min

The Problem With Clusters

3min

How to Anchor Treatment for a Personality Disorder

2min

10.

The Competing Theories of Borderline Personality Disorder

3min

11.

The Importance of Understanding Your Emotions

2min

12.

The Role of the Amygdala in Borderline Personality Disorder

3min

13.

The History of Borderline Personality Disorder

3min

14.

The Four Areas of Personality Functioning Diseled

2min

15.

The Importance of Interpersonal Criteria in BPD

4min

16.

The Interpersonal Core of BPD

2min

17.

The Effects of Identifying With BPD Criteria on Treatment

3min

18.

The Stigma of Bipolar Disorder

4min

19.

The Myth of Borderline Personality Disorder

3min

20.

The Importance of Evidence Based Treatments for BPD

3min

21.

The New Borderline Personality Disorder

6min

22.

The Fragileness of Self-Esteem

2min

23.

The Role of Narcissism in Depression

3min

24.

The Human Tendency to Operate in Binary Categories Good Versus Bad

2min

25.

The Challenges of Mentalization in the Treatment of Personality Disorders

2min

26.

The Rise of Borderline Personality Functioning

2min

27.

How to Get Help for Borderline Personality Disorder

3min

Brandon Unruh, MD, is the medical director of the Gunderson Residence, an intensive, specialized residential program for women with severe personality disorders at McLean hospital. We discuss the myths and common misconceptions surrounding personality disorders, treatment options, and new research in the field.

For further information on personality disorders:

https://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.org

https://www.mcleanhospital.org/videos?f%5B0%3A9431

https://emotionsmatterbpd.org

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