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Lost in the Margins: The Death Sentence of Misdiagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder

By: Caroline Stephens, MSW
May 29th, 2025
advocacy, borderline personality disorder, diagnosis, mental health
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The true stigma in mental healthcare today lies not in immorality, as Erving Goffman argued, but rather in the misdiagnosis that condemns countless individuals, perpetuating cycles of ineffective treatment and amplified distress. Twelve million adults are misdiagnosed annually in the United...

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