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Overlap Borderline & Bipolarity
Frequent clinical condition
Applying classical criteria for BP (shifts from
euphoria to depression) favored Borderline
Diagnosis
Overlap explained by common phenomenology
(young age of onset, absence of periodicity,
instability, lability, interpersonal sensitivity
impulsivity, risk taking, substance abuse, quasi
psychotic features…) = “Instable Cyclothymic
Temperament”
Role of Irritable Temperament ?
