Spectrum

Specialising in Personality Disorder and Complex Trauma

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Spectrum provides individualised treatment, consultation, support, training, resources, research and advocacy. We aim to enable people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to lead their own meaningful and purposeful lives. 

We want to significantly reduce suicide rates and stigma around mental health, personality disorder and complex trauma. We

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News Your say matters We would like to know what matters most to you when it comes to healthcare. We would love to understand what the promise of “Healthier Together” means to you. News New appointment New Deputy Clinical Director commences at Spectrum. News Chronic suicidality Recurrent suicidal behaviour, gestures, threats, or self-mutilating behaviour constitute one of the diagnostic criteria for BPD. Chronic suicidality is a signature symptom of BPD. News General Psychiatric Management for Adults with BPD Have you registered to our General Psychiatric Management for Adults with BPD training in June? Get in quick before tickets sell out. News PACCS May update New Personality Disorder and Autism Assessment Clinic, (PAACS) News New Release! Spectrum’s Practical Guide for Victorian Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services Resource based on the best evidence and clinical experience available. News Our 25 Year report In 2024, Spectrum celebrated 25 years of service. Read our impact and achievements over this time. News Building capacity and empowering clinicians in regional Victoria Improving access to quality and evidence-based treatment for people with personality disorder and complex trauma is one of Spectrum’s most fundamental goals. When approached by Mildura Base Hospital with a request to run a training series to try and achieve this, our response was: “When do we start?”

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Discussions and treatment have given me purpose. Spectrum helped me navigate life. They really understood my thoughts and how to get me out of dark spaces, to avoid a visit to the Emergency Department and help address my suicidal tendances.

Former client — Spectrum

Spectrum has given me the skills to light a fire within myself, so I am able to create a better lit path to see myself through the dark times

Former client — Spectrum