The relationship between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder

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Table I Methods of studies of the frequency of borderline personality disorder in individuals with bipolar disorder. DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders; SCID, Structured Clinical interview for DSM-IV (or DSM-lll-R); PDE, Personality Disorders Examination; IPDE, International Personality Disorders Examination; DIS, Diagnostic Interview Schedule; SIDP, Structured Interview for DSM Personality; HAMD, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; BPRS, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; SADS-L, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Lifetime version; RDC, Research Diagnostic Criteria; CARSM, Clinician Administered Rating Scale for Mania

Table II Frequency of borderline personality disorder (BPD) in individuals with bipolar disorder.

Table III Methods of studies of the frequency of bipolar disorder in individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders; DIB, Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DIBR, Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines Revised; DIPD, Diagnostic Interview for Personality Disorders; SCID, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (or DSM-III-R); DIS, Diagnostic Interview Schedule; SIDP, Structured Interview for DSM Personality; SADS-L, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Lifetime version; RDC, Research Diagnostic Criteria

Table IV Frequency of bipolar disorder individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). a, Links et a! present lifetime and current rates of bipolar disorder; we included lifetime rates. The authors presented data for mania, hypomania, bipolar manic, and bipolar hypomanic. It was unclear what distinctions were being made. We included the rates for lifetime mania and hypomania which were higher than the respective bipolar rates, b, Bipolar II disorder required only a 2-day duration of hypomanic symptoms, and could include pharmacologically induced hypomanic episodes.