According to the DSM-5, in order to be diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, a client has to have _________.

The essential features of a Personality Disorders are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose Borderline Personality Disorder, there has to be significant impairments in personality and interpersonal functioning. Personality deficits may be manifested by unstable self-image, chronic feelings of emptiness, dissociative states under stress, and/or instability in goals. Deficits in interpersonal functioning may be manifested by an inability to recognize the feelings of others; intense, unstable, and conflicted close relationships; and/or alternating between overinvolvement and withdrawal.