75% of Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosed in women, fascinating article -- BatteredMen.com

primaloath · 2011-11-28T00:27:39+00:00

Men are far more often diagnosed with ASPD and NPD than women, while the reverse is true for HPD and BPD; the more pertinent question should be whether significantly more women than men are diagnosed yearly with the cluster B disorders.

BTW, I don't see anything wrong with diagnosing people you have known well for several years with a personality disorder when you're not a "qualified psychiatrist". The DSM only contains checklists that just about anyone is intelligent enough to understand, and qualified psychiatrists "misdiagnose" (i.e. have different opinions) on textbook cases all the time. If you've lived with a personality disordered person, and have a good memory of their actions, you know more about that person than a psychiatrist could ever hope to learn in a few hours of interviewing, so diagnosing that person seems reasonable.

realgraverobber · 2011-11-26T22:46:11+00:00

I am strongly against laypersons abusing/overusing psychological categories. Only a psychologist or physician can diagnose such a thing.

This is an interesting article speaking to the fact that women are capable of battering men. Western culture seems to under-emphasize this fact, but this is true and people ought to keep this in mind.

A_Nihilist · 2011-11-27T04:07:33+00:00

Probably has more to do with society's willingness to simply point out that a man is a prick.

cibiri313 · 2011-11-27T05:04:35+00:00

I'm not entirely sure what the point of this article is. While it cites a variety of decent sources, it goes too far in its application. The OP is correct, diagnosis should be left to licensed professionals using more valid measures than a Cosmo quiz. This is particularly true, because personality disorders are among the most stigmatizing, destructive, and intractable mental health diagnoses a person can be given. Needless to say, they are not to be taken lightly. Plus, their checklist is filled with endorsements of how the victim feels, which only provides inferential information about the perpetrator.

By the authors provided logic, the following would work as an assessment tool for grief: People who have lost a loved one often feel sad. Do you feel sad? If so, someone you love has died.

That point aside... I think it relevant to provide a bit of information on the manifestation of Borderline Personality Disorder in relation to biological sex and gender. It has been noted in the psych community that BPD occurs at very high rates in women, while Antisocial Personality Disorder is diagnosed primarily in men. They have similar symptomology, characterized by a history of volatile relationships, disregard for social pressures, and almost always a history of childhood neglect, abuse, or other trauma. This has lead some to theorize that the two are the same disorder, but the behavior of the individual differs based on their gender (men being physically violent, women verbally or emotionally violent). Obviously, this generalization does not preclude either sex from engaging in maladaptive behavior aligned with the other's social gender constructs. Most people who fit the diagnosis for one personality disorder fit the criteria for a second, because the symptoms overlap WAY too much. They're trying to change this in the next Diagnostic Statistical Manual due out next year.

I suppose the point to take away from this is that no one is immune to becoming a victim of abuse, nor are they exempt from becoming a perpetrator. While some might say there are differences between sexes in the tools of torture perpetrators use, harming others is not a trait reserved to only one sex.

Title	75% of Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosed in women, fascinating article -- BatteredMen.com
Author	realgraverobber
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Date	November 26, 2011 10:44 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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