Disorder-ly

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is very often misdiagnosed as something else. In fact, back in the 1980s, a group of psychiatrists conducted a clinical trial and decided it wasn’t a personality disorder. Instead, they pointed to the similarity of its symptoms with other disorders, like MDD, bipolar disorders, and psychotic disorders.

Today, the medical community remains divided about the scientific validity of BPD. At the same time, a single Google search will reveal considerable stigma toward the disease. How can something that “doesn’t exist” have such a bad reputation? Read the blog.