Tennen H, Tasman A
Hillside J Clin Psychiatry. 1984;6(1):23-47.
This paper has reviewed recent efforts to subtype patients within the borderline group. An overview of current definitions of the borderline syndrome was followed by a critical evaluation of recent empirical investigations designed to subtype within the larger domain of borderline pathology. Studies of borderline patients have, in large part, been based on the descriptive-phenomenological approach. It has been argued that while establishing a reliable diagnosis based on signs and symptoms provides internal validation for current theories of the borderline syndromes, studies providing external validating criteria are sorely needed.
本文回顾了近期对边缘型人格障碍患者进行亚型分类的研究成果。在概述边缘型人格障碍的现行定义之后，对近期旨在对边缘型人格障碍这一更大范畴进行亚型分类的实证研究进行了批判性评估。对边缘型人格障碍患者的研究在很大程度上基于描述性现象学方法。有人认为，虽然基于体征和症状建立可靠的诊断为当前边缘型人格障碍理论提供了内部验证，但迫切需要提供外部验证标准的研究。
