Differential diagnosis of bipolar and borderline personality disorders
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ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.11.21 © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2011) 1(3), 251–257 Summary The hypothesis that many mental disorders fall within a bipolar spectrum, and that the mood instability that characterizes borderline personality disorder puts it into this spectrum is critically reviewed. This conclusion is based on phenomenological resemblances, and does not consider differences in course, outcome and treatment. Careful evaluation of hypomania is required to diagnose bipolar II disorder. Affective instability is
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