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The role of labeling processes in diagnosing borderline personality disorder

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.11.1527

Normal men exhibited more characteristics of borderline personality disorder than did normal women on a questionnaire. In light of that finding, the authors suggest that labeling processes may be a contributing factor in the overrepresentation of women among patients diagnosed as borderline.

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