Article Cognitive Experiences Reported by Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder and Axis II Comparison Subjects: A 16-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study

main types of disturbed cognition: non-psychotic thought (odd thinking, unusual perceptual experiences, and nondelusion-al paranoia), quasi-psychotic thought, and true psychotic thought in patients with borderline personality disorder followed prospectively for 16 years. They also com-pared the rates of these disturbed cog-nitions with those reported by axis II comparison subjects. Method: The cognitive experiences of 362 inpatients (290 borderline patients and 72 axis II comparison subjects) were assessed at study entry using the cognitive section of the Revised Diagnostic Interview for Border