title: The validity of DSM-III borderline personality disorder. A phenomenologic, family history, treatment response, and long-term follow-up study.
abstract: To test the validity of the DSM-III diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD), we examined the phenomenology, family history, treatment response, and four-to-seven-year long-term outcome of a cohort of 33 patients meeting DSM-III criteria for BPD. We found that (1) BPD could be distinguished readily from DSM-III schizophrenia; (2) BPD did not appear to represent "borderline affective disorder," although many patients displayed BPD and major affective disorder concomitantly; and (3) BPD could not be distinguished on any of the indices from histrionic and antisocial personality disorders.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs