Perspectives on borderline subtypes--overview of current research.
This paper has reviewed recent efforts to subtype patients within the borderline group. An overview of current definitions of the borderline syndrome was followed by a critical evaluation of recent empirical investigations designed to subtype within the larger domain of borderline pathology. Studies of borderline patients have, in large part, been based on the descriptive-phenomenological approach. It has been argued that while establishing a reliable diagnosis based on signs and symptoms provides internal validation for current theories of the borderline syndromes, studies providing external validating criteria are sorely needed.
D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*