Table 2.

Prevalence rates of DSM-IV BPD criteria according to the SCID-II

Criterion		N (%)
1	Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment	109 (21.5)
2	A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships	204 (40.3)
3	Identity disturbance	135 (26.7)
4	Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging	130 (25.7)
5	Recurrent suicidal or self-mutilating behavior	395 (78.1)
6	Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood	292 (57.7)
7	Chronic feelings of emptiness	221 (43.7)
8	Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling ager	190 (37.5)
9	Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms	163 (32.2)

Notes. DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition;

SCID-II Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Personality Disorders (SCID-II)