Borderline Personality Disorder: Barriers to Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment and Opportunities for Advocacy

Abstract

Patients experience difficulty in accessing the evidence-based treatments that exist for borderline personality disorder. This article identifies barriers to treatment within the US structural, economic, and political landscape and how families have created an advocacy movement to address this problem. It explores how the United States has addressed such barriers, in comparison to other countries. Finally, it offers recommendations for future advocacy to increase access to treatment for borderline personality disorder.

Keywords: Advocacy; Barriers; Borderline personality disorder; Evidence-based treatments.