I've read this study information before and find it fascinating and definitely a good reason to push for BPD being renamed, Emotional Dysregulation Disorder and to be re-classified as an Axis 1 disorder. I find the bias against individuals with BPD (an Axis 2) significant, especially by insurance companies because they believe that it is part of a person's personality and therefore pretty much entrenched and resistant to treatment. Yet all the resent studies have shown that people with BPD do get better with treatment and support. They learn to watch for the signs of emotional dysregulation and to tone down the stress in their lives--things that seriously effect their brain.

How is this brain disorder any different than Schizophrenia or Bipolar--two disorders that are caused by a brain dysfunction? Psychiatrists and psychologists tend to be more open to treating individuals with schizophrenia and Bipolar. I agree that both these disorders seem to respond better to medications than BPD, but I think that's because research in the area of psychotropic medication and BPD hasn't yielded any significant results yet. It's not like people with BPD can reach in and change the structure of their brains!