PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS IN DEPRESSION AND BORDERLINE PERSONALITY-DISORDER

The authors investigated the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in depre ssion and borderline personality disorder employing the Diagnostic Int erview for Borderlines. Clear-cut delusions and hallucinations were ra re among the borderlines. However, derealization and depersonalization symptoms were common and were found to be prevalent as among depressi ves. The prevalence of these symptoms among patients with both borderl ine personality disorder and depression was similar to that among pati ents with only borderline personality disorder or depression. The rela tionship between depression and borderline personality disorder and th e significance of psychotic symptoms in these disorders is discussed.