Borderline symptom inventory: Assessing inpatient and outpatient borderline personality disorders

Lee S. Mann, Thomas N. Wise, Errol A. Segall, Richard L. Goldberg, David M. Goldstein

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Abstract

The Borderline Symptom Inventory (BSI), a 52-item self-report inventory, was administered to cohorts of patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), affective disorder and a normal control sample. The study failed to demonstrate that the inventory could effectively discriminate either ambulatory or hospitalized BPD patients from those with affective disorders, but that the inventory could correctly specify a control group without a psychiatric disorder. The results suggest that it is premature to utilize the BSI as a reliable screen to detect BPD.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)44-50
Number of pages7
JournalPsychopathology
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1988
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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