The latest neuroimaging findings in borderline personality disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-55

  Mauchnik, Jana ^a   Schmahl, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective dysregulation; BPD; Dissociation; Imaging studies; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77549088829     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-009-0089-7     Document Type: Review

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