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Our personalities make us who we are, but in personality disorders like Borderline Personality Disorder, personalities can keep people from living their lives comfortably in our society. In BPD, a disorder commonly diagnosed in young adult and adolescent girls, words like dramatic, emotional and erratic get thrown around. But is this disorder really more common in women? And what implications does BPD have on the lives of people living with it? Listen to find out on this week’s episode!

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Sources:

Borderline Personality disorder. (n.d.). National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder

Redmayne, K. (2021, December 16). The strange history of borderline personality disorder. Medium. https://kevinredmayne.medium.com/the-strange-history-of-borderline-personality-disorder-fc3ce583869

Skodol, A. Borderline personality disorder: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, course, assessment, and diagnosis. In: UpToDate, Post, TW (Ed), UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2022.

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