Monday, February 24, 2014

Top 10 List: Twitter

Below I have compiled a list of my top 10 twitter picks related to personality disorders and the mental health field. Many of these provide information about the latest and greatest things going on in the mental health field as well as providing valuable resources and tools for clients.



1. BPD chat @OfficialBPDchat
This twitter account hosts a chat each week about “all things BPD.” I rate it a 5 out of 5 as it is an interactive resource about BPD which may be useful for clients to be a part of in order to have questions answered and interact with other people diagnosed as BPD.

2. Daily Rx: Personality Disorder @DailyRX_BPD
This twitter account provides health news related to Borderline personality disorder as well as providing information about additional resources. I rate it 4 out of 5 stars as it offers links to websites and articles for further reading and research on BPD. This resource would be helpful for a client looking to learn more about the latest developments in BPD news and research.

3. Mindfulness Training @TrainingMindful
This twitter account provides information and tips related to mindfulness training, which is a DBT technique. I rate it a 4 out of 5 stars as it provides inspirational quotes, tips, and links to trainings related to mindfulness. This resource would be helpful to clients wanting to learn more about mindfulness as well as motivating to clients who are working on developing their mindfulness skills as part of DBT.

4. Good Therapy @good_therapy
This twitter account serves as an advocate for healthy and ethical psychotherapy. I rate this resource a 3 out of 5 stars as it provides a variety of information and links to resources related to psychotherapy, which would be a great supplement to therapy for a personality disordered client who has newly engaged in therapy and wants to learn more about the process.

5. Mental Health NIMH @NIMHgov
This is the official twitter account for the National Institute of Mental Health, a leading government agency dedicated to mental health research. I rate this resource a 5 out of 5 stars as it provides updates for therapists related to the newest mental health research, including research being conducted on personality disorders.

6. Mental Health Gov @Mentalhealthgov
This is the official twitter account of Mentalhealth.gov, a non-profit agency dedicated to helping people live mentally healthy lives. I rate this twitter account 4 out of 5 stars as it provides information such as helplines, twitter chats and blogs that discuss general mental health, which could be helpful for personality disordered clients suffering from co-occurring disorders.

7. Mental Health America @MentalHealthAm
This twitter account provides news and information about what’s going on in the mental health field in America. I rate this twitter a 4 out of 5 stars as it is a useful tool to help mental health providers stay up to date about what is happening in the field.

8. Mental Help Net @MentalHelpNet
This twitter account adds to the conversation on a variety of mental health disorders, including personality disorders. I rate this twitter 5 out of 5 stars as it provides information on a wide spectrum of mental health issues, to help keep clinicians as up to date as possible on the latest articles and news in the field.

9. Psych Central @psychcentral
This twitter account provides lots of information on mental health and support groups. I rate this twitter 5 out of 5 stars because it provides links to information related to a wide spectrum of mental health disorders that are often co-occur with personality disorders and techniques to combat them, which would be helpful to clients.

10. The National Alliance on Mental Illness @NAMIcommunicate
This twitter account focuses around providing advocacy for those with mental illness. I rate this twitter 4 out of 5 stars as it provides information surrounding events happening around the nation that are being held to advocate for mental illness. I feel that this twitter could be valuable for clients because it could provide a sense of community for them in knowing that people around the nation are banding together to advocate for those with mental illness.

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