Jun
24
2011

Bodd visits the Growing Better Lives launch in Slough

After far too long, at last I write again. Amidst the desolate and ransacked landscape of the NHS, a few shoots of new and fresh green life are starting to emerge. Today was one of them – the launch of Growing Better Lives in Slough. After a morning of heavy rain, a week-long teapot crisis, [...]

Jun
24
2011

Dr Marsha Linehan reveals her own struggle with BPD

Dr Marsha Linehan, a leading US expert on Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and founder of an effective therapy treatment for the disorder Dialectal Behaviour Therapy (DBT), has ‘come out’ to reveal her own struggle with BPD in the New York Times (June 23, 2011) .

Jun
21
2011

Nature is good for your mental health – launch of Growing Better Lives

Exclusion Link CIC¹ is delighted to announce the launch on June 22 of its ‘greencare’ mental health project called ‘Growing Better Lives‘. The lottery funded start-up project ² is specifically for people affected by Personality Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and seeks to use horticulture as a way to support those with complex emotional [...]