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Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule.

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Swartz, MS; Blazer, DG; George, LK; Winfield, I; Zakris, J; Dye, E
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
February 1989

No lay-administered interviews are currently available to identify persons with borderline personality disorder. The authors studied 79 subjects with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS), a lay-administered interview, and the Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients (DIB) and used the results to construct a DIS-based diagnostic index to identify borderline personality disorder. Using the clinician-administered DIB as the diagnostic standard, the authors found that the DIS borderline index had a sensitivity of 85.7%, a specificity of 86.2%, and a kappa of 0.67. The DIS borderline index is a promising extension of the DIS that will facilitate studies of borderline personality disorder in clinical and community settings.

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Am J Psychiatry

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ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

February 1989

Volume

146

Issue

2

Start / End Page

200 / 205

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Personality Disorders
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization
 

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Swartz, M. S., Blazer, D. G., George, L. K., Winfield, I., Zakris, J., & Dye, E. (1989). Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Am J Psychiatry, 146(2), 200–205. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.2.200
Swartz, M. S., D. G. Blazer, L. K. George, I. Winfield, J. Zakris, and E. Dye. “Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule.Am J Psychiatry 146, no. 2 (February 1989): 200–205. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.2.200.
Swartz MS, Blazer DG, George LK, Winfield I, Zakris J, Dye E. Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Am J Psychiatry. 1989 Feb;146(2):200–5.
Swartz, M. S., et al. “Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule.Am J Psychiatry, vol. 146, no. 2, Feb. 1989, pp. 200–05. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.146.2.200.
Swartz MS, Blazer DG, George LK, Winfield I, Zakris J, Dye E. Identification of borderline personality disorder with the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Am J Psychiatry. 1989 Feb;146(2):200–205.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

February 1989

Volume

146

Issue

2

Start / End Page

200 / 205

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Personality Disorders
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Disorders
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hospitalization