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
- CSA - Covert Sexual Abuse
- DARVO - Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender
- 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
- 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.
- ETA - Edited To Add
- EUPD - Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
- ETOH - Alcohol
- FIL – Father In Law
- FOG – Fear, Obligation & Guilt
- FOC - Family of Choice
- FOO - Family of Origin
- GAD - Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- GAL - Guardian ad litem
- GC - Golden Child ( who can do no wrong)
- GF - Girlfriend
- H - Husband
- HAP - Hostile Aggressive Parenting
- HPD - Histrionic Personality Disorder.
- IC - Individual Counseling.
- ICD - International Classification of Diseases
- IKR - I Know, Right?
- 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
- MEM - Mother Enmeshed Men
- 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
- OOTF - Out of the FOG
- OOTS - Out of the Storm
- 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
- PW - Person With
- 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
- SG - Scapegoat.
- 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