Antisocial personality co-morbid with borderline personality disorder: A pathological expression of androgyny?

Antisocial personality co-morbid with borderline personality disorder: A pathological expression of androgyny?

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Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI 10.1002/pmh.1279 Commentary RICHARD C. HOWARD, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, UK   Psychological androgyny The concept of psychological androgyny refers to the co-occurrence in the same individual, regardless of his or her biological sex, of a comparable degree of socially desirable masculine (‘instrumental’) and feminine (‘expressive’) qualities. It has attracted considerable attention from social, personality, and developmental psychologists since the early 1970s when Bem (1974) first formulated the idea that an individual’s…

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Increased Prefrontal Cortical Thickness Is Associated with Enhanced Abilities to Regulate Emotions in PTSD-Free Women with Borderline Personality Disorder

Increased Prefrontal Cortical Thickness Is Associated with Enhanced Abilities to Regulate Emotions in PTSD-Free Women with Borderline Personality Disorder

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Hannah Bruehl , Sandra Preißler, Isabella Heuser, Hauke R. Heekeren, Stefan Roepke , Isabel Dziobek Published: June 5, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065584 Abstract Previous studies suggest that amygdala, insula and prefrontal cortex (PFC) disintegrity play a crucial role in the failure to adequately regulate emotions in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). However, prior results are confounded by the high rate of comorbidity with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which itself has been associated with changes in frontolimbic circuitry. We…

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Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in College Students: The Complex Interplay between Alexithymia, Emotional Dysregulation and Rumination

Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in College Students: The Complex Interplay between Alexithymia, Emotional Dysregulation and Rumination

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Rebecca Meaney , Penelope Hasking , Andrea Reupert Published: June 27, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157294 Abstract Both Emotional Cascade Theory and Linehan’s Biosocial Theory suggest dysregulated behaviors associated with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) emerge, in part, because of cycles of rumination, poor emotional recognition and poor emotion regulation. In this study we examined relationships between rumination, alexithymia, and emotion regulation in predicting dysregulated behaviors associated with BPD (e.g. self-harm, substance use, aggression), and explored both indirect and…

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Does a narcissism epidemic exist in modern western societies? Comparing narcissism and self-esteem in East and West Germany

Does a narcissism epidemic exist in modern western societies? Comparing narcissism and self-esteem in East and West Germany

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Aline Vater , Steffen Moritz, Stefan Roepke Published: January 24, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188287 Correction 29 May 2018: Vater A, Moritz S, Roepke S (2018) Correction: Does a narcissism epidemic exist in modern western societies? Comparing narcissism and self-esteem in East and West Germany. PLOS ONE 13(5): e0198386. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198386 View correction Abstract Narcissism scores are higher in individualistic cultures compared with more collectivistic cultures. However, the impact of sociocultural factors on narcissism and self-esteem has not been well described. Germany…

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Hypersensitivity in Borderline Personality Disorder during “Mindreading”

Hypersensitivity in Borderline Personality Disorder during “Mindreading”

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Carina Frick , Simone Lang , Boris Kotchoubey, Simkje Sieswerda, Ramona Dinu-Biringer, Moritz Berger, Sandra Veser, Marco Essig, Sven Barnow Published: August 3, 2012 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041650 Abstract Background One of the core symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the instability in interpersonal relationships. This might be related to existent differences in mindreading between BPD patients and healthy individuals. Methods We examined the behavioural and neurophysiological (fMRI) responses of BPD patients and healthy controls (HC) during…

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Memory distrust and imagination inflation: A registered report

Memory distrust and imagination inflation: A registered report

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Registered Report Protocol Iwona Dudek , Romuald Polczyk Published: February 7, 2024: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297774 Abstract Imagination inflation happens when a person’s subjective confidence that an event has occurred increases after they imagine it occurring. In this project, our primary aim is to test whether memory distrust is related to the imagination inflation effect in people who are aware of the discrepancies between their own memories and what they have imagined. Our secondary purpose is to investigate whether the…

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Affective Disorders among Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

Affective Disorders among Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder

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Open Access  Peer-reviewed Research Article Hege Nordem Sjåstad , Rolf W. Gråwe, Jens Egeland Abstract Background The high co-occurrence between borderline personality disorder and affective disorders has led many to believe that borderline personality disorder should be considered as part of an affective spectrum. The aim of the present study was to examine whether the prevalence of affective disorders are higher for patients with borderline personality disorder than for patients with other personality disorders. Methods In a national cross-sectional study…

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