Table 1.

Content domains associated with BPD temperamental and acute symptoms.

Content Domain	Temperamental Symptoms	Acute Symptoms
Affect	Anger	Affective instability
	Depression
	Anxiety
	Helplessness
	Loneliness or emptiness
Cognitive	Odd thinking/unusual perceptions	Quasi-psychotic thought
	Non-delusional paranoia	Identity disturbance
Impulsivity	Generalized impulsivity	Substance abuse
		Promiscuity
		Self-mutilation
		Help-seeking suicide efforts
Interpersonal	Intolerance of aloneness	Stormy relationships
	Abandonment or engulfment concerns	Devaluation or manipulation
	Counterdependency	Entitlement
	Dependency or masochism	Treatment regression
		Countertransference problems