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