title: Borderline personality disorder in adolescents: ubiquitous or specific?
abstract: The authors sought to identify diagnostic criteria that are relatively specific to borderline personality disorder in severely ill adolescent inpatients and that may predict a stable borderline personality disorder during this turbulent time. Twenty-one adolescent inpatients with borderline personality disorder were contacted 2 years after the index hospitalization (baseline). Seven of these patients met criteria for borderline personality disorder at follow-up. The ability of baseline criteria for borderline personality to predict the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder at follow-up was determined. Criteria for borderline personality disorder were sensitive for the stable disorder but not very specific. Without follow-up data, the diagnostic significance of symptoms of borderline personality disorder in adolescents appears uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Yale Psychiatric Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, Storrs, CT.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Garnet
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mattanah
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Edell
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: McGlashan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009626:Terminology as Topic