title: Complex PTSD - a better description for borderline personality disorder?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To consider the use of the diagnostic category 'complex posttraumatic stress disorder' (c-PTSD) as detailed in the forthcoming ICD-11 classification system as a less stigmatising, more clinically useful term, instead of the current DSM-5 defined condition of 'borderline personality disorder' (BPD).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trauma, in its broadest definition, plays a key role in the development of both c-PTSD and BPD. Given this current lack of differentiation between these conditions, and the high stigma faced by people with BPD, it seems reasonable to consider using the diagnostic term 'complex posttraumatic stress disorder' to decrease stigma and provide a trauma-informed approach for BPD patients.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Psychiatry and Director MAPrc, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc), Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Jayashri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: borderline personality disorder; complex posttraumatic stress disorder; neurobiology; stigma; trauma