Reliability of criteria for borderline personality disorder: a comparison of DSM-III and the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors compared the reliability of two methods of distinguishing borderline personality disorder--DSM-III and the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients. The reference group, outpatients with other personality disorders and without major axis I pathology, was more difficult to distinguish from the patients with borderline personality disorder than such groups used in previous samples. The sensitivity and specificity of the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients were calculated, with DSM-III used as a criterion. The findings confirm considerable overlap between borderline and schizotypal personality disorders, more impairment in functioning in borderline patients than in those with other personality disorders, and the high reliability with which borderline personality disorder can be diagnosed.

publication date

  • September 1, 1984

Research

keywords

  • Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Manuals as Topic
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0021134910

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/ajp.141.9.1080

PubMed ID

  • 6465385

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 141

issue

  • 9