Sleep problems are a common symptom for people with borderline personality disorder. Symptoms include insomnia, excessive sleepiness and fatigue, vivid and distressing dreams. To better understand borderline personality disorder, how it impacts sleep and treatment approaches, we spoke with Ass Prof Blaise Aguirre, child and adolescent psychiatrist from McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk - Talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline / Chapters:

• 00:00 - 27:04 Theme - Boderline Personality Disorder
• 27:04 - 28:04 Clinical Tip
• 28:04 - 31:59 Pick of the Month
• 31:59 - 33:42 What's Coming Up?

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• Long COVID

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Blaise Aguirre's Bio
• The application of mindfulness in treatment of borderline personality disorder – Video
• Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder - Book
• DBT for Dummies - Book
• Overcoming Insomnia - Book
• Stepped care for insomnia - Journal article
• Philips CPAP product defect - Philips website