You are not alone....Testing may help determine if you too have
Borderline Personality Disorder...
Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients (DIB-R) |
The DIB is a semi structured clinical interview that takes about 50-90 minutes to administer. The test, administered by clinicians, consists of 132 questions and observation using 329 summary statements.
The test looks at the following areas: functioning associated with borderline personality disorder: 1. Affect 2. Cognition 3. Impulse action patterns 4. Interpersonal relationships (John Gunderson, MD) |
Structured Clinical Interview (SCID-II)
The SCID-II was formulated in 1997 by First, Gibbon Spitzer, Williams, and Benjamin. There are 12 groups of questions corresponding to the 12 personality disorders of the DSM-IV. The scoring is either the trait is absent, sub-threshold, true, or there is an inadequate information to code. SCID-II can be self administered or administered by third parties.. It is available from the American Psychiatric Publishing.
(Michael B. First, MD)
The SCID-II was formulated in 1997 by First, Gibbon Spitzer, Williams, and Benjamin. There are 12 groups of questions corresponding to the 12 personality disorders of the DSM-IV. The scoring is either the trait is absent, sub-threshold, true, or there is an inadequate information to code. SCID-II can be self administered or administered by third parties.. It is available from the American Psychiatric Publishing.
(Michael B. First, MD)
Personality Disorder Beliefs Questionnaire (PDBQ)
The PDBQ is a brief self administered test for personality disorder tendencies. The questions asked are:
1. I will always be alone.
2. There is no one who really cares about me, who will be availabe to help me, and whom I can fall back on.
3. If others really get to know me, they will find me rejectable and will not be able to love me; and they will leave me.
4. I can't manage it by myself, I need someone I can fall back on.
5. I have to adapt my needs to other people's wishes, otherwise they will leave me or attack me.
6. I have no control of myself.
7. I can't discipline myself.
8. I don't really know what I want.
9. I need to have complete control of my feelings otherwise things go completely wrong.
10. I am an evil person and I need to be punished for it.
11. If someone fails to keep a promise, that person can no lnger be trusted.
12. I will never get what I want.
13. If I trust someone, I run a great risk of getting hurt or disappointed.
14. My feelings and opinions are unfounded.
15. If you comply with someone's request, you rn the risk of loosing yourself.
16. If you refuse someone's request, you run the risk of loosing that person.
17. Other people are evil and abuse you.
18. I'm powerless and vulnerable and I can't protect myself.
19. If other people really get to know me they will find me rejectable.
20. Other people are not willing or helpful.
(Arnoud Arntz, Roos Dietzel and Laura Dressen)
1. I will always be alone.
2. There is no one who really cares about me, who will be availabe to help me, and whom I can fall back on.
3. If others really get to know me, they will find me rejectable and will not be able to love me; and they will leave me.
4. I can't manage it by myself, I need someone I can fall back on.
5. I have to adapt my needs to other people's wishes, otherwise they will leave me or attack me.
6. I have no control of myself.
7. I can't discipline myself.
8. I don't really know what I want.
9. I need to have complete control of my feelings otherwise things go completely wrong.
10. I am an evil person and I need to be punished for it.
11. If someone fails to keep a promise, that person can no lnger be trusted.
12. I will never get what I want.
13. If I trust someone, I run a great risk of getting hurt or disappointed.
14. My feelings and opinions are unfounded.
15. If you comply with someone's request, you rn the risk of loosing yourself.
16. If you refuse someone's request, you run the risk of loosing that person.
17. Other people are evil and abuse you.
18. I'm powerless and vulnerable and I can't protect myself.
19. If other people really get to know me they will find me rejectable.
20. Other people are not willing or helpful.
(Arnoud Arntz, Roos Dietzel and Laura Dressen)
McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD)
The MClean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) and Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personalty Disorder (Zan-Bpd) both assessment instruments were created by Mary C. Zanarini, EdD-Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development , McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
MSI-BPD is a 10 item, yes/no, self-report questionnaire that is based on the DSM-IV BPD criteria. It is used with an undiagnosed population to identify people who need further evaluation for borderline personality disorder. The scale demonstrates strong sensitivity , the degree to which it correctly identifies patients who do have the disorder, as well as strong specificity-the degree to which it correctly identifies patients who do not have the disorder (Jones & Bartlett Learning, www.jblearning.com).
Different authors have recommended a two step diagnositic proceedure for BPD. In the first step, a short and economic screening instrument based on self-report should be implemented and in case of a positive result an extended and psychometric well-investigated structured interview should be administered, such as the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, Axis II (SCID-II, First, Spitzer, Gibbon, Williams, & Benjamin, 1994). The McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder was developed to screen for BPD in an economic, yet reliable and valid way (Andre & Lobbestael, 2015).
Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder (ZAN-BPD)
ZAN-BPD: is a nine-item, validated, clinician-based diagnostic interview. It assesses the severity of DSM-IV-based Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms. This scale also measures meaningful changes in symptoms over time.
The 0-4 points rating ranges from No Symptoms (0) to Severe Symptoms (4) for the following categories:
Affective: Inappropriate anger / frequent angry acts; chronic feelings of emptiness; mood instability
Cognitive: Stress-related paranoia / dissociation; severe identity disturbance based on false personal beliefs
Impulsive: Self-mutilation and/or suicidal efforts; two other forms of impulsivity
Interpersonal: Unstable interpersonal relationships; frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
The MClean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD) and Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personalty Disorder (Zan-Bpd) both assessment instruments were created by Mary C. Zanarini, EdD-Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development , McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
MSI-BPD is a 10 item, yes/no, self-report questionnaire that is based on the DSM-IV BPD criteria. It is used with an undiagnosed population to identify people who need further evaluation for borderline personality disorder. The scale demonstrates strong sensitivity , the degree to which it correctly identifies patients who do have the disorder, as well as strong specificity-the degree to which it correctly identifies patients who do not have the disorder (Jones & Bartlett Learning, www.jblearning.com).
Different authors have recommended a two step diagnositic proceedure for BPD. In the first step, a short and economic screening instrument based on self-report should be implemented and in case of a positive result an extended and psychometric well-investigated structured interview should be administered, such as the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, Axis II (SCID-II, First, Spitzer, Gibbon, Williams, & Benjamin, 1994). The McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder was developed to screen for BPD in an economic, yet reliable and valid way (Andre & Lobbestael, 2015).
Zanarini Rating Scale for Borderline Personality Disorder (ZAN-BPD)
ZAN-BPD: is a nine-item, validated, clinician-based diagnostic interview. It assesses the severity of DSM-IV-based Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms. This scale also measures meaningful changes in symptoms over time.
The 0-4 points rating ranges from No Symptoms (0) to Severe Symptoms (4) for the following categories:
Affective: Inappropriate anger / frequent angry acts; chronic feelings of emptiness; mood instability
Cognitive: Stress-related paranoia / dissociation; severe identity disturbance based on false personal beliefs
Impulsive: Self-mutilation and/or suicidal efforts; two other forms of impulsivity
Interpersonal: Unstable interpersonal relationships; frantic efforts to avoid abandonment