A cross-sectional investigation of discontinuation of self-injury and normalizing pain perception in patients with borderline personality disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-70

  Ludascher P ^a   Greffrath, W ^b   Schmahl, C ^a   Kleindienst, N ^a   Kraus, A ^a   Baumgartner U ^b   Magerl, W ^b   Treede, R D ^b   Bohus, M ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Pain sensitivity; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE SENSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749132460     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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