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Originally Posted by radioactivegirl
I don't know if I've had a real, definitive answer for this. I saw some things online about how it may be due to the fact that doctors thought it was on the borderline of schizophrenia. My neighbor swears it's because we don't have 'borders' or boundaries (which, btw, I don't agree with that blanket statement). I think that the term borderline confuses people and just makes things more complicated when the situation is complicated enough! So, does anyone have any idea why it's called 'borderline' personality disorder? I'd appreciate it.  |
I found this on About.com.. now mind you, I dont' typically rely on About but since I know I've read the same description elsewhere I think it's accurate.
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The term "borderline" was first used by early psychiatrists to describe people who were thought to be on the "border" between diagnoses. At the time, the system for diagnosing mental illness was far less sophisticated than it is today, and "borderline" referred to individuals who did not fit neatly into the two broad categories of mental disorder: psychosis or neurosis.
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