A comparative study of borderline patients in a psychiatric outpatient clinic

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Abstract
A list of operational criteria was applied to all new patients in a large psychiatric outpatient department over a 1 yr period. A randomly selected group of patients clinically diagnosed as having borderline personality disorder was compared with groups with the diagnoses of schizophrenia, neurosis and nonborderline personality disorder. The group with borderline personality disorder was significantly different from the other groups according to the criteria, especially on items reflecting impulsivity, affectivity and overvaluation/derogation of others. Impaired reality testing proved a useful distinguishing criterion as well and should be retained as part of the borderline concept.

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