MSI-BPD
Borderline Personality DisorderMcLean Screening Instrument for BPD
Overview
A 10-item self-report screening measure for Borderline Personality Disorder.
Scoring & Interpretation Reference
Below clinical threshold.
Score of 7 or higher suggests possible Borderline Personality Disorder.
Scale Content & Assessment Items
Please answer Yes or No to the following questions.
Have any of your closest relationships been troubled by a lot of arguments or repeated breakups?
Have you deliberately hurt yourself physically (e.g., punched yourself, cut yourself, burned yourself)?
Have you made at least one suicide attempt?
Have you had extremely intense emotional reactions (e.g., intense pain, anger, depression) that last a few hours to a few days?
Have you felt chronically empty?
Have you often felt that you have no idea who you are or that you have no identity?
Have you made desperate efforts to avoid feeling abandoned or being abandoned?
Have you felt that your mood shifts rapidly between anxiety, anger, and depression?
Have you felt that your mood shifts rapidly between anxiety, anger, and depression?
Have you felt disconnected from yourself, as if you were outside your body, or that things around you were not real?