Experts are urging to do away with the term BPD to get rid of the stigma around it (Image: GETTY) Mental health experts and medical professionals are urging the health secretary to place an immediate ban on diagnosing children and young people in the UK with borderline personality disorder, also known as BPD. An open letter led by former health minister Sir Norman Lamb and groups like the Royal College of Nursing, the British Psychological Society and the Royal College of General Practitioners has already received more than 1,000 verified signatures pleading: “Children should not be diagnosed with a personality disorder in the UK.” The letter urges medical practitioners to “abandon” the label “personal disorder” altogether claiming that the “misleading” and “stigmatising” descriptions create more “harm and worse treatment” for patients while also leaving “traumatised children” believing “they have deficits in their personality”.
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