title: Is borderline personality disorder a mood disorder?
abstract: Borderline personality disorder is by its very naming positioned as an Axis II personality disorder and thus seemingly distinct from an Axis I mood state. Clinical differentiation of those with a borderline condition and those with a bipolar disorder is commonly held to be difficult, so raising the question as to whether they may be independent or interdependent conditions, and allowing several possible answers.
authors.affiliation: Gordon Parker, AO, MD, PhD, DSc, FRANZCP, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney and Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick 2031, Sydney, Australia. Email: g.parker@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales