The comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and other DSM-III-R axis II personality disorders

Abstract

Borderline personality disorder appears to constitute a broad, heterogeneous category with unclear boundaries that embraces a general personality disorder concept. Both further refinement of the borderline personality disorder construct and investigation into alternative models to the DSM-III-R axis II classification system are suggested.

Frequency of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Psychiatric Outpatients in Shanghai

“…This result is also consistent with the view that narcissistic personality is the male variant of BPD (Gunderson, 1988). In our study we found that the rate of co-occurring antisocial personality disorder (APD) in BPD was only 1.1%, which is lower than in several previous studies (McGlashan et al, 2000; Nurnberg et al, 1991; Stuart et al, 1998; Zanarini et al, 1987). This finding may be due to our sample characteristics.…”

An examination of the factor structure of the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory in a sample of detained adolescent boys.

“…While the utility of adjustment factors in enhancing clinical accuracy has substantial support in the psychometric literature (see Choca, 2004), their use contributes further complexity to the MACI’s already complex scoring system. Thus, although clinically useful, the uncommon scoring conventions used by the MACI and other Millon instruments may also serve to confound scale interpretation and negatively affect content validity (see Choca, 2004; Nurnberg, Hurt, Feldman, & Suh, 1987; Nurnberg et al, 1991; Rossi, Elklit, & Simonsen, 2010).…”