Women Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and Current Interventions
Abstract
“One cannot hope to understand the phenomena of psychological distress, nor begin to think what can be done about them, without an analysis of how power is distributed and exercised within society” (David Smail, in MacLachlan, McVeigh, Huss & Mannan, 2019.). This paper uses this quote as a starting point to offer a critical analysis of dominant discourses of mental distress. In doing so it aims to identify opportunities for social work responses and advocacy in relation to women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.
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