Those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are told that their very personalities are disordered, pathological or just intolerable.

I was promised mood stability and less suicidal ideation. It was supposedly the leading option, my best line of defense. That is what I was told for the next 25 years, but I was never told about lithium toxicity.

The conventional Western classification systems of health conditions are based on flawed science shaped by reductionist, hierarchical, and profit-driven ideologies. THEN wants to create a new paradigm built upon principles drawn from systems science, the life course perspective, developmental neurobiology, and other evidence-informed studies.