Participate in a Study
To be considered for a research study, please complete the following information:
What’s in it for me?
There are several reasons people participate in clinical research:
- Gain access to treatments before they are publicly available
- Obtain a psychiatric evaluation and physical exam at no cost
- Help others by contributing to medical research
- Available medications are not helping to relieve symptoms
- No cost medications
- Possibility of experiencing less side effects than current treatment
- No cost to you – no insurance is needed to participate
- Receive compensation for time and travel (can vary from hundreds to thousands of dollars)
Borderline Personality Disorder Overview
Borderline personality disorder is an ongoing pattern of unstable relationships, varying moods, issues regarding self-image, and often erratic/disruptive behaviors. These issues impact nearly every aspect of a person’s life, disrupting family and social relationships, school/work, and overall ability to regulate emotions. It affects roughly 2% of the population and is more prevalent in females.
People with BPD also tend to be extreme and intense in their relationships. An individual who is seen as a friend one day may be considered an enemy or traitor the next. These shifting feelings can lead to intense and unstable relationships. Even with family members, individuals with BPD are sometimes highly sensitive to rejection, reacting with dramatic fashion to what most people would consider “little things”. It has been characterized as extreme sensitivity, as with an exposed nerve ending. Small things can trigger intense reactions.
Symptoms of
Borderline Personality Disorder
Helpful information to know about symptoms of BPD:
- A pattern of intense and unstable relationships with family, friends, and loved ones, often swinging from extreme love to extreme dislike/anger
- Distorted and unstable sense of self
- Impulsive and often dangerous behaviors, (impulsive shopping, unsafe sex, drug use, reckless driving, and binge eating)
- Self-harming behavior or suicidal thinking/attempts
- Intense and fluctuating moods, lasting from a few hours to a few days
- Chronic feelings of emptiness
- Intense anger problems
- Difficulty trusting others
For more information or to find out if you qualify, please contact Kathleen at (636) 946-8032.