Borderline Personality Disorder - Challenging the label

Self harm and self-denigration. Radical mood swings, and diabolical, destructive behaviours. For those labelled as having Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) - life is intolerable. Not the least because it's a diagnosis often stigmatised by the very profession responsible for giving it. This week, confronting stories about a confronting condition. Of the estimated 1-2% of the population said to have the disorder, most are women. But are these difficult women, or women with dreadfully difficult histories?