BORDERLINE DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA - S TILL A PROBLEM OF PSYCHIATRIC-DIAGNOSIS

Two case-reports highlight the problems of co-morbidity of schizophren ia and borderline disorder. On the one hand, borderline disorder in sc hizophrenia can represent a pre-existent, lasting personality disorder , on the other hand it can be a temporary syndrome in the course of il lness. The assumption that a borderline syndrome can be a recompensati on stage in the course of schizophrenia seems evident by clinical and psychodynamic points of view (concerning a coping strategy). The prese nt categories of DSM III-R and ICD-10, however, do not allow an adequa te diagnostic classification of this syndrome.