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Project Air Strategy

Locality: Wollongong, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4298 1571

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25.01.2022 A recently published systematic review from Project Air Strategy found that understanding chronic feelings of emptiness is central to the experience of people with BPD. Treatment focusing on connecting with self and others may help alleviate a sense of emptiness. Read more here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article

24.01.2022 Survey on accessing services during Covid-19: "Australian BPD Foundation is seeking the voices of those living with BPD to guide their future advocacy. We have developed a survey in collaboration with Spectrum Personality Service to explore the general well-being of people with BPD during Covid-19 pandemic and their experiences of telehealth. If you live in Australia and have a diagnosis of BPD (or identify with the symptoms of BPD), we are anxious to hear about your experien...ces of adapting to the restrictions due to Covid-19 and your experiences around accessing mental health treatment and support (including telehealth) during this challenging period." For more information: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BPDfoundation.

23.01.2022 A new fact sheet from Project Air Strategy on Myths and Facts about Borderline Personality Disorder. For more information click here: https://www.projectairstrategy.org//docu/doc/uow264451.pdf

22.01.2022 BPD Awareness Week starts today with the theme 'Flipping the Script: Changing the Narrative on BPD' that aims to change the way we think and talk about borderline personality disorder. For more information and to see what is happening near you visit https://www.bpdawareness.com.au https://www.bpdawareness.com.au

22.01.2022 The UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia School of Psychology are conducting research on COVID-19 and people’s wellbeing. Results will increase our understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on Australian people, deducing crucial information on stressors and protective factors that will assist the enhancement of intervention and prevention strategies for people during large crisis situations. For more information: ... https://uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0TBaF767oSQWZw1 See more

21.01.2022 The theme of National Reconciliation Week for 2020 is "In this together". Project Air Strategy acknowledges the centrality of racism and all other forms of oppression in the mental wellbeing of people, and our role in building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' past, present and future.

20.01.2022 Project Air Strategy is open and will continue to support people and services throughout this difficult time. Take care of yourselves and where possible, take care of each other. For tips and strategies about keeping safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, see MindSpotClinic:... https://mindspot.org.au/coronavirus See more

19.01.2022 How do you respectfully talk about personality disorder? Check out our new Fact Sheet with suggestions from people with lived experience, their family and carers. Link: https://www.projectairstrategy.org//docu/doc/uow263246.pdf

18.01.2022 As part of ABC News "Your Mental Health Week", Prof Brin Grenyer will be speaking on ABC Radio National this Sunday morning (approximately 7.45am) on the "Project Air Strategy and how to help people with personality disorders". Dr Charlotte van Schie will also be on ABC Illawarra on Monday morning (approximately 6.50am) to talk about our recent paper on parenting and narcissism in young adults. You can access the paper online for free here: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com//10.1186/s40479-020-00125-7 Tune in for more information.

17.01.2022 Congratulations to Project Air's Caitlin Miller and collaborators for being one of the journal of Personality and Mental Health's top cited publications "A 1-year follow-up study of capacity to love and work: What components of borderline personality disorder most impair interpersonal and vocational functioning?" Free access to the article for all of February here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pmh.1432

16.01.2022 Read an update on evidence-based skills and strategies for working with people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. King, R.M., Grenyer, B.F.S., Gurtman, C.G., Younan, R. (2020). A clinician's quick guide to evidencebased approaches: Narcissistic personality disorder. Clinical Psychologist, 24, 91-95. Read more here: https://www.researchgate.net//340013928_A_clinician's_quic

14.01.2022 In case you missed Professor Brin Grenyer's conversation with Julian Morrow on Sunday Extra for ABC Radio National, 'No longer a life sentence: How Project Air has changed the way personality disorders are treated' is now available online via: https://abclisten.page.link/1T75PYPsBfGr45FE9

13.01.2022 New research from Project Air Strategy and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute explores the relationship between parenting and maltreatment, and narcissistic personality traits in young people. Read the Illawarra Mercury Article here: https://www.illawarramercury.com.au//helicopter-parents-/ You can also access the full-text article here: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com//10.1186/s40479-020-00125-7

13.01.2022 New research from Project Air Strategy, UOW: University of Wollongong, Australia and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute shows that living with a person with pathological narcissism can be marked by experiencing a person who shows large fluctuations in affect, oscillating attitudes and contradictory needs. Read more here: https:// .biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-020-00132-8

12.01.2022 Don't forget to join our online pre conference Consumer, Family and Carer Day on 5th November! This year's focus is on "A Chance to Connect", and will be a great opportunity to learn from and connect with people with lived experience and family and carers. The day will also include talks from BPD Awareness Week Ambassador Professor Henry Jackson and Project Air Strategy's Professor Brin Grenyer. For more information visit: https://www.projectairstrategy.org/UOW244408.html

11.01.2022 A BPD Awareness Week event is happening this Saturday 3 October from 4-5pm (AEST) on zoom. All pets and humans are welcome! The link to register for this free event is here https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/pets-assisting-wellness-ses

11.01.2022 DBT Art Therapy Skills Online - Our lived experience consultant Mahlie Jewell presented a great workshop on Art Therapy at the most recent Project Air Consumer, Carer and Family Day Conference last November. Here she shares her Drawing for Distress Tolerance workshop online: https://www.youtube.com/watch

08.01.2022 The 14th International Treatment of Personality Disorders conference starts online tomorrow from 9am, and will be opened by Bronnie Taylor MLC Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Women, and Minister for Regional Youth. The conference will feature a number of national and international presentations on developments in the field of personality disorders treatment, with keynote speakers, Professor Carla Sharp (University of Houston USA), presenting on "Early Intervention" and Professor Andrew Chanen ( Orygen AUS) presenting on a comparison of adolescent versus young adult outpatients with first presentation BPD. For more information and registration details for this online event visit: https://www.projectairstrategy.org/conferenc/UOW173203.html

08.01.2022 Can you assist with an online survey? The University of Wollongong are currently undertaking an online survey titled How does your personality influence what you eat? A community survey. The survey seeks to understand relationship styles and mental wellbeing and the role they play in eating behaviours. ... The survey will take approximately 30 minutes. It will ask you about eating behaviours, mood, aspects of mental health and relationships. All responses are anonymous, and the study is completely voluntary. More information can be found by clicking the link below, or by contacting me at the University of Wollongong at [email protected]. Please select the following link to leave this page and begin the survey: https://uow.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ah3CsrdYbqhtrs9

07.01.2022 Congratulations to Vida Bliokas and team from Project Air Strategy and Illawarra Shoalhaven Suicide Prevention Collaborative who have secured a Suicide Prevention Australia Innovation Research Grant for their project ‘Investigating gender differences in a suicide prevention aftercare program: How can we improve outcomes for all?’ For more information: https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/20//21/vida-bliokas/

05.01.2022 Walking the walk, talking the talk: Consumer and peer workers may provide hope, connection and validation for people living with borderline personality disorder. Further recommendations for services to help support peer work for consumers with BPD and their carers is provided. Read this new work from the Project Air Strategy here: https://bpded.biomedcentral.com//10.1186/s40479-020-00135-5

03.01.2022 There is just under 10 days to go until the online Personality Disorders Consumer, Family and Carer Day. This year's theme is 'A Chance to Connect' and will feature lived experience talks, as well as updates from those actively working in the treatment of personality disorders. For more information or the register for the day visit: https://www.projectairstrategy.org/UOW244408.html

01.01.2022 Are you a parent of a child under the age of 18 years? We are conducting a study to better understand how parents respond to and support their child. A key outcome of this study is to develop resources to support other parents in similar situations. For more information, click through to the original post, and please share with anyone in your network who think may be interested.... To participate in the study, click on the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ParentSHstudy

01.01.2022 Project Air team member Kayla Steele was the winner of the "Universities Australia" award for the 2020 Pitch it Clever competition. You can read more about the award and her work on parenting with Borderline Personality Disorder here: https://www.uow.edu.au//kaylas-top-pitch-wins-universities

01.01.2022 'A Chance to Connect' to starts online tomorrow from 9am. For more information or to register visit: https://www.projectairstrategy.org/UOW244408.html