A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma15 Jun 2024

“The BPD diagnosis is an entry point to understanding how you can get to recovery”: Dr. Sara Masland

Why do we need a generalist approach to treating BPD? Because there are nearly 6000 treatment-seeking people with BPD to every certified, specialist clinician in the United States. In this episode, Dr. Sara Masland explains how she is helping to simultaneously reduce stigma and increase access to care by training others in Good Psychiatric Management. Dr. Masland is a clinical scientist, licensed clinical psychologist, and professor at Pomona College, whose research explores such topics as BPD, stigma, and epistemic trust.

Trigger warning: This episode mentions suicide.

Resources for this episode:

If you are having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for a list of additional resources.

Alyson E. Blanchard et al., “Testing the Hot-Crazy Matrix: Borderline Personality Traits in Attractive Women and Wealthy Low Attractive Men Are Relatively Favoured by the Opposite Sex”

Lois W. Choi-Kain et al., “What Works in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder”

Emotions Matter, “Supporting Students with BPD: A Guide for Educational Professionals, Parents, and Students”

Ellen F. Finch et al., “A Meta-Analysis of Treatment as Usual for Borderline Personality Disorder”

John Gunderson et al., “Good psychiatric management: A Review”

Evan A. Iliakis et al., “Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Is Supply Adequate to Meet Public Health Needs?”

Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

Sara R. Masland and Hannah E. A. Peeples, “People with BPD Need Compassion Yet Even Clinicians Stigmatise Them”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Destigmatizing Borderline Personality Disorder: A Call to Action for Psychological Science”

Sara R. Masland et al., “Longitudinal Course of Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Clinician Needs to Know”

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