COMPARISON OF AMERICAN AND JAPANESE OUTPATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY-DISORDER

The borderline psychopathology of 33 American and 19 Japanese female o utpatients who met the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (D IB-R) criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD) was compared. There were significant differences between the samples in the DIB-R t otal score, as well as in the affect/ cognition section and scaled sec tion scores. However, only one of the 22 summary statements (SS) of th e DIB-R distinguished American borderlines from Japanese borderlines. Most of the differences seemed to reflect differences in inclusion cri teria. It is concluded that there are borderline patients in Japan who se psychopathology is basically identical to that of American borderli ne patients. Copyright (C) 1994 by W.B. Saunders Company