If someone is threatening to physically harm you or themselves:
- In the US Call 911 or your local police
- Go to your local police station or emergency room
If you or someone you know are having suicidal thoughts:
- In the US Call
1-800-273-2855 (1-800-273-TALK) or
1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)
- Go to your local police station or emergency room
If your child has been abducted:
- In the US call 911 and engage local law enforcement
- Call the National Center For Missing And Exploited Children: 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST).
Please, do not try to handle an emergency alone. Get help at once.
Other Crisis Hotlines
National Mental Health Association Crisis Line
1-800-969-6642
Suicide Crisis Hotline
1-800-784-2433
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
National Domestic Violence Hotline (Canada)
1-800-363-9010
SAFE-Self Abuse Finally Ends
1-800-366-8288
http://www.hotpeachpages.net Contains an extensive inventory of hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centers and women's organizations, searchable by country. Plus an index of domestic violence resources in over 70 languages.
Feb 10, 2010 - The American Psychiatric Association today released their first draft of the 5th revision of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM-V) which regroups personality disorder diagnoses into 5 categories:
Antisocial/Psychopathic Type
Avoidant Type
Borderline Type
Obsessive-Compulsive Type
Schizotypal Type
There is also a proposed mechanism for scoring the severity and the match of each of the diagnostic traits.
The proposals are not final and the APA has a comment period starting today and ending April 20th 2010. The DSM-V is scheduled for release in May 2013.
Dec 30 2009 - Those of you who use the "stay logged in" feature of the Out of the FOG support forum will notice that you unexpectedly had to log in again today. Please don't be alarmed. This was caused by some updates to the board behind the scenes. Please excuse the inconvenience.
Nov 1 2009 - Out of the FOG is celebrating 2 years in bringing information and support to family members and loved-ones of people who suffer from personality disorders. In the two years since we launched, our traffic has grown exponentially and we are rapidly becoming one of the internet's premier sources of information on coping with personality disorders. Happy birthday OOTF and thanks to all our members and supporters around the world.
Out of the FOG Support Forum Zetaboards Upgrade
June 15 2009 - Please excuse our appearance while the Out of the FOG Support Forum upgrades to run on the new Zetaboards software platform. The new software contains a number of new features and improvements over our existing system which should become evident after the conversion is completed.
This upgrade will convert all our existing forums, posts, PM's, memberships and profiles. There should be very little interruption in service or loss of data. The only thing you will notice is changes to the appearance of the graphical interface. It will take 1-2 weeks to complete the conversion.
Our main Out of the FOG information site, here at http://www.outofthefogsite.com will be unaffected by the upgrade. Bookmark this site and visit here if you have any trouble logging into the board. Should any unexpected interruption in our service occur, an announcement will be posted in the "Latest News" Box at at http://www.outofthefogsite.com. Additionally, a temporary discussion forum has been established here which you can use should we experience any long-term interruption of service.
Please excuse any inconvenience you may experience as we perform the upgrade.
June 3 2009 - BPD author A.J. Mahari has launched a new version of her website called BPD INFO which has a section which invites members to submit website articles about BPD. Our own gary submitted an article to her site this week.
