Identifying the depressive border of the borderline personality disorder
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 139 (6), 814-817
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.6.814
Abstract
The relationship between depression and borderline disorder is unclear. Using standardized observer- and subject-rated scales for depression, patients satisfying DSM-III (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-III) criteria for borderline personality disorder and dysthymic disorder were compared. The 2 groups did not differ on depression as defined by the scales; however, there was a substantial intergroup difference on certain characteristics of the depression spectrum thought empirically to be associated more often with the borderline patient. The depth and quality of the depression of the borderline patient may largely overlap with that of the dysthymic patient, but it also possesses features that make it qualitatively distinct.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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