borderline personality disorder is under cluster b (the dramatic unpredictable cluster)
diagnostic criteria (5/9 must be met)

.efforts to avoid abandonment (real or imaginary)

.intense and unstable relationships characterized by alternating between idealization and devaluation

.unstable self image, struggles with identity or sense of self

. impulsive or self-damaging behaviors (ie excessive spending, unsafe sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating)

.recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self mutilating behavior

.episodic emotional instability (ie intense dysphoric or euphoric episodes, usually lasting a few hours)

.chronic feelings of emptiness

.inappropriate and or intense episodic anger or difficulty controlling ones anger

.stress related paranoia or dissociation

subtypes

petulant, impulsive, discouraged, self destructive

back to cluster B

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Pub: 25 Jan 2025 12:35 UTC
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