Psychology

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Said Jiménez , Iván Arango de Montis, Eduardo A. Garza-Villarreal Published: July 31, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289101 Abstract Modeling psychopathology as a complex dynamic system represents Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as a constellation of symptoms (e.g., nodes) that feedback and self-sustain each other shaping a network structure. Through in silico interventions, we simulated the evolution of the BPD system by manipulating: 1) the connectivity strength between nodes (i.e., vulnerability), 2) the external disturbances (i.e., stress) and 3)…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Robert B. Dudas , Chris Lovejoy, Sarah Cassidy, Carrie Allison, Paula Smith, Simon Baron-Cohen Published: September 8, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184447 Correction 2 Jan 2018: Dudas RB, Lovejoy C, Cassidy S, Allison C, Smith P, et al. (2018) Correction: The overlap between autistic spectrum conditions and borderline personality disorder. PLOS ONE 13(1): e0190727. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190727 View correction Abstract Background Both people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are significantly challenged in terms of understanding and responding to emotions and…

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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…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Mitsuhiro Tada, Hiroyuki Uchida, Takaki Maeda, Mika Konishi, Satoshi Umeda, Yuri Terasawa, Shinichiro Nakajima, Masaru Mimura, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Takuya Takahashi Published: May 15, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125729 Abstract Psychophysiological markers have been focused to investigate the psychopathology of psychiatric disorders and personality subtypes. In order to understand neurobiological mechanisms underlying these conditions, fear-conditioning model has been widely used. However, simple aversive stimuli are too simplistic to understand mechanisms because most patients with psychiatric disorders are affected by…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Pegah Sarkheil , Niko Goik, Camellia N. Ibrahim, Frank Schneider Published: January 10, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209989 Abstract Background A disturbed self-image is central to the characteristic symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Evaluations of self-relevance (SR) are highly important in cognitive and emotional processing of information and adaptive behavior. Method In the current study, we used affective statements to investigate if SR is altered in patients with higher scores on Borderline Symptom List (BSL-95). Forthyfemale adults…

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