Type of disorder | Diagnostic criteria |
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Impulsive F60.30 | A. The general criteria for personality disorder (F60) must be met. |
B. Criterion A and at least two of the following must be present:
- tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences
- tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or criticized
- liability to outbursts of anger and violence, with inability to control the behaviour
- difficulty in maintaining any course of action that offers no immediate reward
- unstable and capricious mood.
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Note
- The impulsive type is characterised predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control. Outbursts of violence and threatening behaviour are common, particularly in response to criticism by others.
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Borderline type F60.31 | A. The general criteria for personality disorder (F60) must be met. |
B. At least three of the symptoms mentioned in criterion B for F60.30 must be present with at least two of the following in addition:
- disturbances in and uncertainty about self-image, internal preferences and sexual orientation
- liability to become involved in intense and unstable relationships, often leading to emotional crisis
- excessive efforts to avoid abandonment
- recurrent threats or acts of self-harm
- chronic feelings of emptiness.
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Note
- Several of the characteristics of emotional instability are present in the borderline type. Disturbances in the patient's own self-image, aims and internal preferences as well as chronic feelings of emptiness are characteristic. Intense and unstable relationships may cause repeated emotional crises. They may be associated with excessive efforts to avoid abandonment. These crises may lead to recurrent suicide threats or attempts, or acts of self-harm.
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