Criteria Guide
Borderline Personality Disorder DSM Criteria Guide
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Criterion A
- A pervasive pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, with marked impulsivity, begins by early adulthood and is present across contexts.
Criterion B
- At least 5 of the following are present: frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, unstable intense relationships, identity disturbance, impulsivity in potentially self-damaging areas, recurrent suicidal behavior or self-injury, affective instability, chronic emptiness, intense anger, or transient stress-related paranoia or dissociation.