About BPD Atlas

What this is

BPD Atlas collects practical orientation: signs and symptoms, how diagnosis works, appointments, notes to bring to a clinician, a printable diary card, treatments, what is known about medicines, family support, a glossary, and helplines. The aim is to reduce the scramble of open tabs into a few pages you can actually use.

It is built for people who have noticed changes in themselves or someone close to them, people living with a diagnosis, and the people supporting them. Clinicians may find the source links useful too, but the tone is for people and families first.

What you will find

• Signs and symptoms: emotions, relationships, sense of self, behavior, risk factors, and warning signs of suicide
• How diagnosis works: who diagnoses it, what an assessment covers, and conditions that often occur with it
• Appointments: what to bring, what to ask, and a step-by-step roadmap
• Notes for a clinician and the weekly diary card: a private, unscored checklist and a printable sheet for emotions, urges, and skills
• Treatments: structured psychotherapies, skills groups, family programs, what guidelines say about medicines, and recruiting studies
• Medicines and BPD: the evidence, how medicines may be used as an add-on, and regular reviews
• Family guide: checkable, situation-aware actions you can save or print
• Glossary: clear explanations of diagnosis, therapy, and medicine terms
• Resources: crisis lines, treatment finders, and support

How we source it

Pages lean on public, citable material: the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), MedlinePlus, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the American Psychiatric Association (APA) practice guideline, the guideline from England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Cochrane systematic reviews, ClinicalTrials.gov, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Where we summarize, we keep the original source one click away.

Research findings, guidelines, and helpline details change. Confirm anything important at the linked source or with a health care provider before acting on it.

Who builds it

BPD Atlas is built by Crowdsourcing Cures. The project sits alongside related work on expanding access to pragmatic clinical research and publishing comparable outcomes so patients can reach promising care while evidence accumulates for everyone else.

Privacy in one line

Family-guide checkboxes stay in your browser, and self-check notes stay in the open tab, unless you download or print them. See the privacy policy and terms of use for the formal wording.