Conditions · Personality
Borderline personality disorder — NIMH overview
What BPD is, what current treatment looks like, and why the prognosis is better than the stigma suggests.
National Institute of Mental Health9 min read
BPD is one of the most stigmatized diagnoses in psychiatry, and one of the most treatable. NIMH's page covers the diagnostic criteria — instability across emotions, relationships, identity, and behavior — and the evidence-based therapies (DBT, MBT, TFP, schema therapy) that change outcomes for most people who stay in treatment.
A useful corrective to the assumption that BPD is permanent. Long-term studies show most people no longer meet criteria after a decade of treatment.
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