The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder Quotes

“Therapist education is a problem. Most psychologists are trained as generalists. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has more than 900 pages, and only a few of them are about BPD. Even during doctoral training or master’s training, there is no specific section on BPD”
― Randi Kreger, The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells

“when fifty-two professionals from a mental health agency in California assessed patient vignettes, they were unable to accurately diagnose the presence of BPD in males—even though the symptoms were identical to those in vignettes of females”
― Randi Kreger, The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells

“The vast majority of clinicians haven’t been trained to treat people with BPD, resulting in misdiagnosis and improper treatment.”
― Randi Kreger, The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells