title: Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule.
abstract: No lay-administered interviews are currently available to identify persons with borderline personality disorder. The authors studied 79 subjects with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS), a lay-administered interview, and the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients (DIB) and used the results to construct a DIS-based diagnostic index to identify borderline personality disorder. Using the clinician-administered DIB as the diagnostic standard, the authors found that the DIS borderline index had a sensitivity of 85.7%, a specificity of 86.2%, and a kappa of 0.67. The DIS borderline index is a promising extension of the DIS that will facilitate studies of borderline personality disorder in clinical and community settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Blazer
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Winfield
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zakris
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity