title: A comparison of three measures for the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.
abstract: Three instruments for diagnosing borderline personality disorder were administered to 22 outpatients. There was poor concordance among the indexes for the identification of the disorder, and more than half of the sample received more than two DSM-III axis II diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, York University, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Angus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marziali
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics