Five (or more) of the following criteria, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts:
Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternat­ing between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
Identity disturbance:  markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.
Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating).
Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.
Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days).
Chronic feelings of emptiness.
Inappropriate,  intense  anger  or  difficulty  controlling  anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger,  recurrent physical fights).
Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.
Completed suicide rates 8-10%, 50 times higher than general population
Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternat­ing between extremes of idealization and devaluation.
Identity disturbance:  markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.
Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating).
Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.
Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days).
Chronic feelings of emptiness.
Inappropriate,  intense  anger  or  difficulty  controlling  anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger,  recurrent physical fights).
Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.
Borderline personality disorder
Depressive and bipolar disorders
Dependent personality disorder
Other personality disorders
Histrionic personality disorder
Personality dysfunction due to another medical condition
Paranoid personality disorder
Substance use disorders