Journal article
Severity as a Diagnostic Dimension of Borderline Personality Disorder
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify diagnostic and severity subgroups within a cohort of patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Of 171 patients clinically diagnosed with BPD, 132 were Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB) positive. Through a process of random selection, 41 of the DIB positive subjects were also interviewed with the revised version of the DIB (DIBR) and approximately one half with two semi-structured …
Authors
Marziali E; Munroe-Blum H; Links P
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 540–544
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
11 1994
DOI
10.1177/070674379403900905
ISSN
0706-7437