Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria

1.     Unstable and intense interpersonal relationships.

2.     Impulsiveness in at two areas that are potentially self destructive: i.e. chemical abuse, promiscuity, gambling, shop lifting, excessive spending, over eating, anorexia nervosa or bulimia.

3.     Recurrent suicidal threats, gestures, behavior, or self mutilation.

4.     Marked identity disturbance manifested in at least two of the following: Self image, sexual orientation, long term goals, career choice, types of friends desired, preferred values.

5.     Chronic feelings of emptiness and/or boredom.

6.     Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.