Beyond the Offence: Trauma, Borderline Personality Traits, and Female Offending

• By: Diana-Irina Iordache, MSc Goldsmiths, University of London
• October 2nd, 2026
• borderline personality disorder, criminal justice system, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emotion dysregulation, female offending, forensic psychology, gender-responsive care, trauma
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Women involved in the criminal justice system often present with complex and overlapping psychological, social, and developmental needs. Histories of childhood adversity and victimization are common in justice-involved populations, and research has linked cumulative adverse childhood experiences...

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...

Just Another Day

• By: Alissa Langevin Homemaker
• July 19th, 2023
• anxiety, attention deficit disorder, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, depression, mental illness, Summer 2023 Issue, trauma
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What does mental illness feel like? It feels like drowning, alone and helpless, surrounded by nothing but inky black water, and deafening silence. As an icy chill creeps down your spine, a paralyzing numbness begins to set in. Breathing is very difficult now as you feel a sudden scalding hot...