BPDSI
Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index (BPDSI)
The BPDSI is a semi-structured interview designed to assess the severity of borderline personality disorder symptoms over the past three months. It provides a quantitative measure of the disorder's main clinical manifestations according to DSM criteria, making it easier to monitor changes in symptoms and to evaluate treatment effectiveness.
- Number of questions
- 70 questions
- Estimated duration
- 40 minutes
- Language
- English
- Original name
- Borderline Personality Disorder Severity Index
- Target audience
- Adults with suspected borderline personality disorder
- Authors
- Arnoud Arntz, Harrie T. M. Giesen-Bloo (2002)
- Category
- Personality disorders
Scoring & interpretation
Each item is rated on a frequency scale from 0 (never) to 10 (daily or constantly present). The scores for each DSM criterion are summed to obtain a total score indicating the overall severity of the disorder. Dimension scores are also available.
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