Updated October 3, 2026
Find the information you need to use your report, save or change your answers, and choose a next step.
It starts with the ten Yes/No questions of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder (MSI-BPD). You then explore your experiences, daily life and goals before receiving your personal report and plan. The personal exploration does not change the screening score.
Follow the wording of each screening question and choose the answer that fits. There is no added three-month timeframe for the MSI-BPD items. You can return to change an answer or leave an item unanswered. Questions about recent experience are clearly identified in the personal exploration.
There are ten screening questions, followed by 15 to 20 personal questions depending on your chosen concern and whether you explore an example. You can skip any question or read a shorter report with what you have shared. There is no time limit.
This English-language experience is designed for adults aged 18 and over answering about themselves. If you are younger, a trusted adult or qualified professional can help you find support appropriate to your age. The site is not a way to assess a partner or assign someone a diagnosis.
Each Yes contributes one point to the 0–10 MSI-BPD count. The original study used a threshold of 7 to identify people who may benefit from further assessment. A count is not a probability or severity rating. Below the threshold does not rule out BPD, and reaching it does not confirm BPD.
You can leave an item unanswered and still read an explanation of the answers you did give. We show the missing items and do not calculate a standard screening score until all ten are answered. Missing answers are never treated as No.
Your chosen concern, intensity, recovery time, daily-life impact, an example, easier moments and practical barriers shape the report. These details change the explanation and next step. The report distinguishes your own account from what the screening can establish.
Your difficulty still deserves attention. Use the personal context to describe its impact, or the resources page to prepare a support conversation. You do not need to reach a threshold to ask for help.
Yes. Choose Review or change answers to revisit the screening. Personal context can be revised separately. You can edit and copy the conversation summary, print the report, and choose to save it in this browser. Updating your answers regenerates the suggested summary; your previous edited draft stays available below it.
The current version keeps them in this tab, using sessionStorage where available. If you turn on Save in this browser, it also uses localStorage for later visits. Clear and retake removes the current version’s report, notes and worksheets. Older checklist reports remain separate and have their own clear action. Anyone with access to your browser may be able to read saved information.
Yes. GA4, both Umami services and Google AdSense are disclosed in the Privacy Policy. The application does not put answers, scores, personal context, report text, notes or safety responses in analytics or advertising event payloads. Browser-based storage does not mean all website traffic is anonymous.
Use support now rather than waiting for a result. Contact local emergency services if there is immediate danger. In the U.S. or Canada, call or text 988; the crisis page links to other regional options. The separate current-safety answer is not scored or saved.
They help you notice what happened, what you tried and what seemed useful. They do not measure treatment effectiveness. You can use a few days, skip days or change your observation goal without losing the notes you chose to keep.
The original 20-prompt checklist used frequency answers and five themes. Its saved progress can still be continued, and its report can still be read. Those answers are never converted into MSI-BPD responses or a new screening score.