Differentiating borderline personality disorder (BPD) from bipolar disorder: diagnostic efficiency of DSM BPD criteria.
Adam BayesGordon B ParkerPublished in: Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica (2019)
The transdiagnostic nature of 'affective instability' means it is less useful for diagnostic decisions, whereas 'abandonment fears' and 'identity disturbance' offer superior diagnostic efficiency in distinguishing BPD from BP.