Affective dysregulation and dissociative experience in female patients with borderline personality disorder: A startle response study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Ebner Priemer, Ulrich W ^a   Badeck, Sandra ^b   Beckmann, Cornelia ^b   Wagner, Amy ^c   Feige, Bernd ^b   Weiss, Isabelle ^d   Lieb, Klaus ^b   Bohus, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective dysregulation; Borderline personality disorder; Dissociation; Electromyography; Psychophysiology; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 7044264549     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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