FBPDA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed in 2007 that is dedicated to educating all Floridians about this severe—yet highly treatable—mental illness.

Miami Dolphins Player Shares Diagnosis of BPD

Miami Dolphins Player Brandon Marshall Reveals BPD Diagnosis in a powerful story published by the Sun-Sentinel.

You can also watch Marshall's Borderline Beast video on YouTube.

DBT Creator Reveals Own Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder

In a brave and inspirational front page story in the New York Times, Marsha Linehan shares her own struggle with the disorder.

You can read this ground-breaking article by clicking here.

New Books We Recommend

FBPDA is excited to recommend Valerie Porr's book Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change. Valerie is the founder and president of TARA and she's worked to help educate families about BPD since 1994.

Her book is published by Oxford University Press.

We are also thrilled to be telling everyone about BPD advocate and educator Kiera Van Gelder's book The Buddha and the Borderline: My Recovery from BPD Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, and Online Dating.

For additional books that we recommend, please go to our BPD Resource page.

Our New Mailing Address

Please note that Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Association has a new mailing address effective immediately. We can now be reached at PO Box 61621 Jacksonville, Florida 32236-1621. 

Listen to an interview with FBPDA founder—Amanda Smith here.