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> According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, borderline personality disorder is extremely rare -- only 1.4% of the U.S. adult population is estimate

> According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, borderline personality disorder is extremely rare -- only 1.4% of the U.S. adult population is estimated to have this condition and it is rarely diagnosed in adolescents. Wait, since when is 1.4% of the adult population "extremely rare"?

MattGaiser 5y ago
Maybe in comparison to other mental ailments? Depression is 7 and PTSD is 4 I think. Schizophrenia Is 1.1. All according to quick Google searches, not deep vetting of the numbers.
schleck8 5y ago
Since when is it not? One and a half in a hundred people is very few, that's for sure.
- civilized 5y ago
  What about five million people? Is that a lot?
  - schleck8 5y ago
    Depends on your total, in relation to 8 billion humans it's extremely rare.
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    - genewitch 5y ago
      I'm having a really hard time biting my tongue, here.
    - riffic 5y ago
      what's 1.4 percent of 8 billion?
      - schleck8 5y ago
        It was late, i was tired and missed the part about the figure being for the US. It's still rare in relation to several hundred million though.
- srcreigh 5y ago
  5-30 people in every high school is extremely rare?
karagenit 5y ago
Thought the same thing when I read the article. We aren't alone - if you Google "borderline personality disorder" it says "Very common" [0]. Same for Bipolar, though DID (which the article also mentions) is "Rare" at < 0.1%. 0: https://www.google.com/search?q=borderline+personality+disorder https://www.google.com/search?q=borderline+personality+disor...