Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder
5-item ultra-brief screening tool for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Each item maps to a DSM-5 BPD criterion. 4-point scale (0–3). Sum score 0–15; cutoff >9 recommended (sensitivity 56%, specificity 92%). AUC-ROC = 0.83.
Purpose
Self-report research instrument, reproduced here under an open license for non-diagnostic educational, research, and self-reflection use.
Details
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02807-6). Citation: Jucktrakul, K., Wongpakaran, T., Wongpakaran, N., et al. (2020). Development and validation of a screening instrument for borderline personality disorder (SI-Bord) for use among university students. BMC Psychiatry, 20, 479. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02807-6 This is not a diagnostic tool. If you are in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please contact a licensed mental health professional or a crisis helpline in your country immediately. Low/Moderate/High bands below reflect this test's own possible score range only (simple thirds) — they are NOT a clinical threshold or population norm. No such cutoff has been published for this instrument.
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- Research Instrument evidence status