ADDitude

MAY 14, 2025

Q: What are the common misdiagnoses given to girls and women with ADHD and autism? Autistic girls and women with ADHD are often diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. They also get misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder and, more commonly, with obsessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD ).

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Bipolar disorder Personality disorders Education Autism spectrum 79

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The fifteen diagnoses I was cruelly given—‘Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder’, ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’, ‘Generalised Anxiety Disorder’, ‘Social Anxiety Disorder’, ‘Persistent Depressive Disorder’, Somatic Symptom Disorder’, ‘Attention Deficit Disorder’, ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder’, ‘Bipolar II Disorder’, ‘Learning and Communication Disorder’, (..)

Trauma and the brain 144

Trauma and the brain Poverty and mental health Autism spectrum Anxiety disorders 144

International Society for Interpersonal Psychother

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Can Interpersonal Psychotherapy prevent or treat depression among people with Autism Spectrum Disorder? Individuals on the autism spectrum often experience comorbid depression, social stress, and difficulties in relating to themselves and others. 2015) and borderline personality disorder (A.

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Autism spectrum Self-awareness Aging and mental health Trauma and the brain 40