Psychologists teach damaging stereotypes of people with BPD

[Published 30 August 2017 on Time To Change, by Imani Summer]

"I sat in psychology lectures as an undergraduate hearing all about "abnormal psychology". "People with personality disorders are DIFFICULT" was the message received loud and clear from the professionals leading those classes, influencing the psychologists of the future. "If you meet someone with a PD, you will soon know about it!", they declared. I was therefore naturally apprehensive about ever coming into contact with one of these personality disordered individuals, and secretly hoped I’d be able to avoid anyone 'like this'."