A psychologist has blasted a 'misogynistic' children's book that claims women with borderline personality disorder have smaller brains and suggests sufferers are a 'lost cause'. Dr Jessica Taylor, 34, from Stoke-on-Trent, has taken issue with the book 'My Mummy Has BPD!', which she claims perpetuates harmful 'myths' about the condition that affects one in 100 people in the UK.
![[The chartered psychologist and women's rights campaigner (pictured) shared snippets from the book by Scottish author Sophie McLelland with her 42,400 Instagram followers]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/15/93588721-0-image-a-52_1735572905311.jpg)
Earlier this week, chartered psychologist and women's rights campaigner shared snippets from the book by Scottish author Sophie McLelland with her 42,400 Instagram followers. The book, which is aimed at children aged five to 12, is written from the perspective of a young person whose mother has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
It begins by sharing an illustration of their mother's brain, which claims her amygdala - the part of the brain that processes emotion - is 'smaller' than average. The page reads: 'The activity is different, some parts may be small, she can't regulate her emotions at all!'.
Dr Taylor wrote: 'The book is filled with myths, including this blatantly incorrect claim that women with a BPD diagnosis have smaller parts of their brain - something we have never proven as there are no structural differences in brains with and without psychiatric diagnoses - hence why there are no tests.'.
![[The post has amassed over 1,200 'likes' since it was shared yesterday - and followers were left equally 'gobsmacked']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/15/93588737-0-image-a-53_1735572907523.jpg)
On the next page, the book, which appears to have been self-published, contains an illustration of the child's brain and reads: 'If you scanned Mummy's brain, it wouldn't look the same!'. Dr Jessica Taylor, 34, from Stoke-on-Trent, has taken issue with the book 'My Mummy Has BPD!' (pictured), which she claims perpetuates harmful 'myths' about the condition.
![[It begins by sharing an illustration of their mother's brain, which claims her amygdala - the part of the brain that processes emotion - is 'smaller' than average]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/15/93588817-0-image-a-56_1735573005056.jpg)
