The clinical diagnosis of personality disorders has not demonstrated the level of interrater
reliability obtained by the Axis I conditions, due in part to the absence of adequate self-report …

The Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB) was revised to sharpen its ability to
discriminate between clinically diagnosed borderline patients and patients with other types …

• Seven hundred ninety-seven first-degree relatives of normal controls and patients with a
variety of psychiatric disorders were interviewed with the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and …

This paper describes the aims, background, design, and methods used in a collaborative
longitudinal study of Axis II personality disorders (PDs). This study examines the putative …

The objective of this study was to identify the dysphoric states that best characterize patients
meeting criteria for borderline personality disorder and distinguish them from those in …

Offers guidance on the selection of appropriate measures for Axis I disorders, Axis II
disorders, and specialized syndromes, marshalling data on reliability, validity, and clinical …

METHOD All subjects were either inpatients at McLean Hos-pital in Belmont, Mass., or
outpatients at one of three clinics in the metropolitan Boston area (Revere Corn-munity …

Since the DSM-III-R Axis II borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a polythetic
categorization, it is both theoretically and clinically important to examine the covariation of …

• Fifty outpatients with borderline and/or schizotypal personality disorder were randomly
allocated to thiothixene (Navane) or placebo treatment that was continued for 12 weeks. The …

• In a retrospective study of 180 inpatients withDSM-IIIborderline personality disorder (BPD),
the degree and direction of psychiatric comorbidity were used to examine the extent to which …