The New Hysteria

Borderline Personality Disorder and Epistemic Injustice

Dados Bibliográficos

ID17814151
AutoresNatalie Dorfman (0000-0002-2651-7003, autor correspondente), Joel Michael Reynolds (0000-0002-9640-5082)
Ano2023
Volume16
Fascículo2
Páginas162-181
Data de publicação2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/ijfab-2023-0008
OpenAlexW4388466532
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas42

The diagnostic category of borderline personality disorder (BPD) has come under increasing criticism in recent years. In this paper, we analyze the role and impact of epistemic injustice, specifically testimonial injustice, in relation to the diagnosis of BPD. We first offer a critical sociological and historical account, detailing and expanding a range of arguments that BPD is problematic nosologically. We then turn to explore the epistemic injustices that can result from a BPD diagnosis, showing how they can lead to experiences of testimonial injustice which impede patient engagement in meaning-making activities, thereby undermining standard therapeutic goals. We conclude by showing how our arguments bolster ongoing efforts to replace the diagnostic category of BPD with alternatives such as complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Borderline personality disorder · Criticism · Epistemology · Injustice · Personality · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Testimonial · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Law · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology