Borderline Personality Disorder - Complications
Research News and Information

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Reduced amygdala and hippocampus size in trauma-exposed women with borderline personality disorder and without posttraumatic stress disorder.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) display reduced hippocampus size and impaired cognition. However, studies on individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are rare, and studies on trauma-exposed patients ... Read more...

Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in patients with borderline personality disorder with or without posttraumatic stress disorder.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Several studies have investigated volumetric brain changes in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Both groups exhibit volume reductions of the hippocampus and amygdala. Our aim ... Read more...

Brokering authenticity: Borderline personality disorder and the ethics of care in an American eating disorder clinic.

30 May 2009 This paper examines the moral work of a controversial psychiatric diagnosis--Borderline Personality Disorder--in an American eating disorder treatment center in the era of managed mental health care. Based on fieldwork at this clinic spanning more ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Borderline Personality Disorder - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Reduced amygdala and hippocampus size in trauma-exposed women with borderline personality disorder and without posttraumatic stress disorder. 30 Aug 2009
• [Emergency pathologies] 29 Jun 2009
• Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in patients with borderline personality disorder with or without posttraumatic stress disorder. 29 Jun 2009
• Brokering authenticity: Borderline personality disorder and the ethics of care in an American eating disorder clinic. 30 May 2009
• [Self-harm and personality disorders] 28 Apr 2009
• The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism modulates the association of serious life events (SLE) and impulsivity in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. 6 Apr 2009
• Clonidine improves hyperarousal in borderline personality disorder with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 30 Mar 2009
• Meta-analyses of mood stabilizers, antidepressants and antipsychotics in the treatment of borderline personality disorder: effectiveness for depression and anger symptoms. 30 Mar 2009
• Attentional bias to personally relevant words in borderline personality disorder is strongly related to comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder. 30 Mar 2009
• Evaluation of behavioral impulsivity and aggression tasks as endophenotypes for borderline personality disorder. 16 Feb 2009
• A controlled trial of psychodynamic psychotherapy for co-occurring borderline personality disorder and alcohol use disorder: six-month outcome. 30 Jan 2009
• How repeated 15-minute assertiveness training sessions reduce wrist cutting in patients with borderline personality disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• New onsets of substance use disorders in borderline personality disorder over 7 years of follow-ups: findings from the Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study. 30 Dec 2008
• Schemas and Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms in incarcerated women. 23 Dec 2008
• Dysfunctional schema modes, childhood trauma and dissociation in borderline personality disorder. 8 Dec 2008
• Amygdala deactivation as a neural correlate of pain processing in patients with borderline personality disorder and co-occurrent posttraumatic stress disorder. 3 Dec 2008
• Angiogenic factors in patients with current major depressive disorder comorbid with borderline personality disorder. 2 Dec 2008
• Possible varenicline-induced paranoia and irritability in a patient with major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and methamphetamine abuse in remission. 29 Nov 2008
• [Personality disorders in a clinical sample of Cannabis dependent young adults] 30 Sep 2008
• Borderline personality disorder: an overview of history, diagnosis and treatment in adolescents. 29 Sep 2008

See a longer list of these articles.

Technical information about 'Borderline Personality Disorder'

Definition: A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)

Descriptor UI: D001883

Alternative terms: Borderline Personality Disorder; Disorder, Borderline Personality; Borderline Personality Disorders; Disorders, Borderline Personality; Personality Disorders, Borderline; Personality Disorder, Borderline;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.675.100;

History Note: 90(81); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-89

Technical Notes: "borderline" is a psychiatric diag: follow text