Table 1.

Shortened list of criteria for borderline personality disorder, according to DSM-5

1. Abandonment avoidance

2. Interpersonal relationships instability

3. Identity disturbance

4. Impulsivity

5. Suicidal and self-harm behaviors

6. Affective instability

7. Chronic feeling of emptiness

8. Inappropriate intense anger

9. Stress-related paranoid ideation

Source: APA, 2013.6

Abbreviation: DSM-5, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth version.