Borderline Personality Disorder & Its Connection to ADHD (with Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D.)

In this hour-long ADDitude webinar, Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D., discusses the symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and how they differ from ADHD, plus comorbidity statistics, ADHD-specific risk factors for developing BPD, and treatment recommendations.

Supplemental reading from Dr. Olivardia: https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-and-...

Download the slides associated with this webinar here:
https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/b...

4:24 why ADHD and personality disorders?
6:26 definition of BPD/ overview of symptoms
11:38 idealizing/ devaluing relationships
15:53 identity disturbance
19:32 impulsivity
20:14 suicidality
24:21 affective instability
26:00 chronic feelings of emptiness
26:30 inappropriate anger
27:14 amygdala
29:00 transient, stress related paranoid ideation
30:31 ADHD brain vs BPD brain
31:55 overlap between ADHD and BPD
38:00 risk factors for people with ADHD to develop BPD
43:00 treatment
44:00 DBT
49:00 age of diagnosis
52:00 untangling RSD/ BPD
55:00 how does trauma fit in?

Related Resources
1. Download: What Is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)?
https://www.additudemag.com/download/...

2. Read: When It's Not Just ADHD
https://www.additudemag.com/when-its-...

3. Read: When Women Battle ADHD and Borderline Personality Disorder
https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-and-...

4. eBook: The ADDitude Collection of Symptom Tests & Quizzes
https://www.additudemag.com/product/a...

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