Enhanced reading the mind in the eyes in borderline personality disorder compared to healthy controls

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1979-1988

  Fertuck, E A ^a   Jekal, A ^a   Song, I ^b   Wyman, B ^a,b   Morris, M C ^a   Wilson, S T ^a   Brodsky, B S ^a   Stanley, B ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Depression; Facial emotion recognition; Mentalization; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449659506     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170900600X     Document Type: Article

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