SCID-5-PD Companion: BPD Diagnostic Documentation Page
This SCID-5-PD companion page is designed to support clinicians in organizing diagnostic interview data related to Borderline Personality Disorder. It allows for structured documentation of symptom domains, severity, and clinical observations while reinforcing DSM-5-TR criteria and differential diagnosis.
SCID-5-PD Companion: BPD Diagnostic Documentation Page
Mark Zauss, LMHC, LPC, CCMHC, NBCC, BC-TMC, ASDCS, NATC, CCTP, CCTP II, ADHD-CCSP, C-DBT, C-PD
Double Board Certified Counseling Services, Inc.
Client / Assessment Information
Clinical Anchor
Use this page to organize clinical evidence after or alongside structured personality-disorder interviewing. It is designed to support documentation, not replace the official instrument.
Proprietary-tool note: This page is not the official SCID-5-PD and does not reproduce SCID wording. Use licensed/authorized SCID-5-PD materials when administering the actual instrument.
Companion Rating Domains
1. Abandonment sensitivity and urgent reassurance-seeking patterns
2. Relationship instability, conflict cycles, idealization/devaluation, or rupture-repair difficulty
3. Identity instability, unstable goals/values, self-image shifts, or chronic self-doubt
4. Impulsivity or rapid behavior under emotional activation
5. Self-harm history, suicidal ideation, suicidal behavior, threats, or crisis vulnerability
6. Affective instability, rapid emotional shifts, emotional flooding, or delayed return to baseline
7. Chronic emptiness, numbness, boredom intolerance, or lack of stable internal grounding
8. Anger intensity, anger control difficulty, shame after anger, or interpersonal consequences
9. Stress-related suspiciousness, paranoia-like thoughts, dissociation, derealization, or depersonalization
Score and clinical summary will appear here.