List of Abbreviations

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List of Abbreviations

There are a number of abbreviations that you will encounter on this site. Here are some of the more commonly used ones:
•AC -Adult Children
•ACON - Adult Children of Narcissists
•AFCH - Adult Family Care Home
•ALF - Assisted Living Facility
•APA (1) - American Psychiatric Association
•APA (2) - American Psychological Association
•ASPD - Antisocial personality disorder.
•AVPD - Avoidant Personality Disorder
•BF - Boyfriend
•BIL – Brother In Law
•Bio-Mom – Biological Mother
•Bio-Dad – Biological Father
•BM – Biological Mother
•BP (1) - Borderline Personality
•BP (2) - Bi-Polar
•BPBF - Borderline Personality Boyfriend
•BPD - Borderline Personality Disorder.
•BPGF - Borderline Personality Girlfriend
•BPH - Borderline Personality Husband
•BPSO - Borderline Personality Significant Other
•BPW - Borderline Personality Wife
•CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
•CE - Custody Evaluation
•CPS - Children's Protective Services
•C-PTSD - Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
•DBT - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
•DCF - Department of Children and Families
•DD - Dear Daughter
•DEAR - Describe, Express, Assert and Reinforce.
•DH - Dear Husband
•DPD - Dependent Personality Disorder.
•DS - Dear Son
•DSM - Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
•DW - Dear Wife
*ED - Eating Disorder
•EDD - Emotional Dysregulation Disorder
• EID - Emotion Intensity Disorder
• EIRD - Emotion-Impulse Regulation Disorder
•EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
•En-Bro - Enabler Brother.
•En-Dad - Enabler Dad
•En-Mom - Enabler Mom
•En-Sis - Enabler Sister
•ERD - Emotional Regulation Disorder.
•EUPD - Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
•ETOH - Alcohol
•FIL – Father In Law
•FOG – Fear, Obligation & Guilt
•FOO - Family of Origin
•FTF - Faking the Facts
•GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder
•GAL - Guardian ad litem
•GF - Girlfriend
•H - Husband
•HAP - Hostile Aggressive Parenting
•HPD - Histrionic Personality Disorder.
•IC - Individual Counseling.
•ICD - International Classification of Diseases
•IL's - In-laws
•IMO - In My Opinion
•IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
•IPD - Impulsive Personality Disorder
•IPDE - International Personality Disorder Examination
•JADE - Justify, Argue, Defend, Explain
•L - Lawyer
•LC – Limited Contact
•MAOI - Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor
•MBPS - Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome.
•MC (1) - Marriage Counseling.
•MC (2) - Medium Chill.
•MHP - Mental Health Professional
•MHW - Mental Health Ward
•MIL - Mother In Law
•MMPI - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
•MPD - Multiple Personality Disorder
•NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness
•NEA-BPD - National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
•NC -No Contact
•NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health
•NPD - Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
•OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
•OCPD - Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
•PAS – Parental Alienation Syndrome
•PD - Personality Disorder
•PDAN - Personality Disorders Awareness Network
•PDI - Personality-Disordered Individual
•PD-NOS - Personality Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified
•PDTS - Personality Disorder - Trait Specified
•PE - Psychological Evaluation
•PPD - Paranoid personality disorder
•PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
•PUVAS - Pay attention, Understand, Validate, Assert, Shift/Share
•RCE - Registered Custody Evaluator
•RTC - Residential Treatment Center
•SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder
•SAID - Sexual Allegations In Divorce
•SCID-II - Structured Clinical Interview for DSM
•SD - Step Daughter
•SET - Support, Empathy, Truth
•SH - Self-Harm.
•SI - Self-Injury
•SIL - Sister In Law
•SNRI -Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor
•SO - Significant Other
•SPD - Schizoid Personality Disorder
•SS - Step Son
•SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
•STBX - Soon-To-Be-Ex
•STBXH - Soon-To-Be-Ex Husband
•STBXW - Soon-To-Be-Ex Wife
•STBXBPH - Soon-To-Be-Ex Borderline Personality Husband
•STBXBPW - Soon-To-Be-Ex Borderline Personality Wife
•STPD - Schizotypal Personality Disorder.
•SWOE - Stop Walking on Eggshells
•T - Therapy or Therapist
•U - Undiagnosed
•uBP - Undiagnosed Borderline Personality
•uASPD - Undiagnosed Antisocial Personality Disorder
•uBPD - Undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder
•uDPD - Undiagnosed person who suffers from Dependent Personality Disorder
•uHPD - Undiagnosed Histrionic Personality Disorder
•uNPD - Undiagnosed Narcissistic Personality Disorder
•uPPD - Undiagnosed Paranoid Personality Disorder
•uSTBXBPH - Undiagnosed Soon-To-Be-Ex Borderline Personality Husband.
•uSTBXBPW - Undiagnosed Soon-To-Be-Ex Borderline Personality Wife
•UTBM - "Understanding The Borderline Mother"
•W - Wife
•X - Abbreviation for Ex - as in ex-husband or ex-wife
•XH - Ex-Husband
•XW - Ex-Wife
•XBF - Ex-Boyfriend
•XGF - Ex-Girlfriend