The New Hysteria
Borderline Personality Disorder and Epistemic Injustice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17814151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalie Dorfman (0000-0002-2651-7003, corresponding author), Joel Michael Reynolds (0000-0002-9640-5082) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 162-181 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab-2023-0008 |
| OpenAlex | W4388466532 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 42 |
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
Epistemic Injustice
The Case for Rage
Meaning Making and Growth
Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder, therapeutic privilege, integrated care
Putting a Name to It
Epistemic injustice in healthcare
Sorting Things Out
Epistemic Injustice and Illness
Why bioethics needs a concept of vulnerability
Borderline Personality Disorder, Discrimination, and Survivors of Chronic Childhood Trauma
Did Freud Misinterpret Reported Memories of Sexual Abuse as Fantasies
The Sexual Double Standard in the Real World
I. Women at the Margins
Tracking Epistemic Violence, Tracking Practices of Silencing
Relational Knowing and Epistemic Injustice
Motives for Filing a False Allegation of Rape
Does "difficult patient" status contribute to de facto demedicalization? The case of borderline personality disorder
Neuroqueer Feminism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |