Borderline personality disorder: Medicine’s biggest stigma diagnosis?

Associate Professor Sathya Rao says the lives of patients can change for the better when offered the right treatment
Associate Professor Sathya Rao.

Arguably, there are few diagnoses that carries greater stigma than borderline personality disorder — even within the medical profession itself.

Perhaps it’s the way lines blur between the person and the condition, and perhaps because therapeutic options appear so limited.