Are you borderline or did you grow up without a racial identity? Black mixed-race identity disturbance and an unstable sense of self

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ID12737450
AuthorsCassandra Lovelock (0009-0000-7934-4751, King's College London, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume16
Issue2
Pages193-200
Publication date2023-07-12
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychosocial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-6737 • E-ISSN: 1478-6737
PublisherBristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/147867321x16869242475575
OpenAlexW4384025006
LanguageEN
References cited16

This article draws on the lived experience of the author to discuss the Black mixed-raced experience of being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), particularly in relation to the BPD symptom of troubled identities. This article argues that what psychiatry pathologises as a troubled identity within BPD is actually an everyday experience for a mixed-race person growing up between cultures. This article goes on to discuss Black mixed-race people’s identity through a lens of performativity, how this presents and is weaponised in psychiatry, and why it is important for psychiatry to understand Black mixed-race identities

Aesthetics · Art · Borderline personality disorder · Identity (music · Mixed race · Psychology of self · Psychotherapist · Race (biology · Sociology · Gender Studies · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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