The role of labeling processes in diagnosing borderline personality disorder.
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.
D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013240:Stereotyping