Introduction

borderline personality disorder is one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized disorders out there. People with BPD are oftentimes viewed as manipulative and very prone to doing things like lying. We're then going to talk a little bit about the formation ofborderline personality disorder, i.e. where does it come from? Is it genetic? Is it in your brain? Is it controllable? Is it psychological? And then we're going to end with sort of talking alittle bit about treatment and prognosis. So are there treatments for BPD? Do they work? What can I expect if I have BPD?