Self-Relevant Disgust and Self-Harm Urges in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression: A Pilot Study with a Newly Designed Psychological Challenge
Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Sawsan Abdul-Hamid, Chess Denman, Robert B. Dudas Published: June 23, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099696 Abstract Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common psychiatric condition associated with self-harm. Self-harm is poorly understood and there is currently no treatment for acute presentations with self-harm urges. Objectives By using a new task (Self-relevant Task; SRT), to explore emotions related to one’s own person (PERSON task) and body (BODY task), to study the correlations of these emotions, specifically disgust, with…