Renaming borderline personality disorder fails to address the condition's complexity; keeping the term preserves key clinical meaning, including structural traits and stress-related psychotic symptoms.
Alessandra D’Agostino, PhD
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Prof D’Agostino is an associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo in Italy. She is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and Italian Psychoanalytic Society and International Psychoanalytic Association psychoanalyst.
Articles by Alessandra D’Agostino, PhD
Borderline personality disorder represents 10% to 25% of the patients who would be considered to have borderline personality organization. Explore the complexities of its stigma and effective treatment strategies.
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