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Frequency of Criteria‐Defined Borderline Patients among the First‐Visit Patients at a Psychiatric Clinic
Author(s) -
Ota Toshio,
Okazaki Yuji,
Anzai Nobuo,
Miyauchi Masaru,
Ikebuchi Emi,
Ozawa Michio,
Suzuki Junichi,
Machiyama Yukiteru
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1984.tb00790.x
Subject(s) - borderline personality disorder , outpatient clinic , psychiatry , personality , psychology , personality disorders , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology
Five trained psychiatrists evaluated 330 first‐visit patients aged from 12 to 30 at a psychiatric outpatient facility using the DSM‐III criteria (Axis‐I and Axis‐II). Seven cases were diagnosed as definite Borderline Personality Disorder and six cases as definite Schizotypal Personality Disorder. Hence, we had a total of 13 criteria‐defined borderline patients (3.9%). Discussions were held on some methodological problems involved in collecting information and making diagnostic judgments.