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Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

Welcome to this special Topic Tuesday discussion.

In this event we'll be looking at the support and treatment options available for people living with a personality disorder and asking you about their overall usefulness.

This discussion will be a little different to a normal Topic Tuesday because it will be part of a research project conducted by SANE for the National Mental Health Commission. SANE will be reporting on the lived experience of seeking support and treatment for personality disorders.

Elise Carrotte, a Research Assistant at SANE, is hoping to hear from you about your experiences accessing support and treatment services in Australia. We’re looking at the big picture, including early intervention, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, relapse prevention and social/financial support.

What types of services have you accessed? What have you found helpful?

Please read the Participant Information Sheet before deciding to participate in the discussion. By posting in this thread, you are agreeing that your responses can be used as part of the project. This may involve paraphrasing or summarising, or using direct quotes. If your comments are used, researchers will protect anonymity by using pseudonyms and removing any identifying details.

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

1. Education for all mental health professionals. Like so many here I’ve had more damage done by some of the mental health professionals. It feels like there is huge gaps out there with understanding personality disorders.

2. Way more sessions rebated by medicare

3. For BPD don’t sell DBT as the answer to 'recovery' it’s part of it but no where near enough for so many.

4. Awareness in general that our emotions can get out of control and it be soooo hard to learn emotion regulation.

5. It takes time to work out things, many of us need support for a long time to move forward.

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

Hi everyone,

Just ringing the virtual "5 mins to go" bell

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

Yep. Regional and country areas deserve much better @Former-Member 👍. The gap is even bigger there

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

@NameUnknown

I agree with both points, but important to remember that DID isn't a personality disorder, it's a dissociative one.

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

my goodness... i am actually here lol

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

Reducing stigma people experience from the mental health professionals. It's exhausting dealing with stigma in society but encountering it from the mental health system which is supposed to help people is a ticket to an early death.

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT


@EliseSunflowerwrote:

Hi all, I'm moving on to my final question of the night:

What would you like to see changed in the way personality disorders are treated in Australia?


@EliseSunflower I guess I've already given my answer to this: The MH profession needs to shift away from talking about what is WRONG with a person and instead look at what HAPPENED to a person. The "symptoms" of BPD are perfectly normal reactions to extremely abnormal situations. The MH profession needs to shift to a trauma informed model rather than a medical model.

There also needs to be adequate funding for intensive long-term therapy. Ten sessions is pretty much useless in treating...well...pretty much anything. Again, I am eternally grateful that I am able to have my therapy funded through victims of crime. Otherwise, I would never be able to afford it.

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

@OhanaSystem, I have multiple personalities but my dr tells me it is now grouped under DID

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

I would also like to see more subsidised therapy sessions and more group support in community settings with therapy as well as just social, occupational therapy.

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Re: Topic Tuesday Focus Group // Treatment and support for people experiencing personality disorders // Tuesday 6 March, 7pm AEDT

@NameUnknown

Yes, DID is the disorder formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. However, DID is classified differently to personality disorders (one of the reasons for the name change). DID is grouped under dissociative disorders rather than personality disorders.

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