Oxytocin influences avoidant reactions to social threat in adults with borderline personality disorder

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 552-561

  Brüne, Martin ^a   Ebert, Andreas ^a   Kolb, Meike ^a   Tas, Cumhur ^a   Edel, Marc Andreas ^a   Roser, Patrik ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

attentional bias; borderline personality disorder; childhood adversity; oxytocin; threat

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANGER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887258291     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2343     Document Type: Article

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