What Can We Do About Borderline Personality Disorder?

What we got wrong, what we know but aren’t saying and what we can do from now.

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To be diagnosed with BPD, you need to have 5 out of 9 traits. At least, that’s what you’re told. The folks who decided on the 5/9 criteria left out crucial information on their decision-making process — that the number is completely arbitrary.