Dialectical behavior therapy alters emotion regulation and amygdala activity in patients with borderline personality disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-116

  Goodman, Marianne ^a,b   Carpenter, David ^a   Tang, Cheuk Y ^a   Goldstein, Kim E ^a   Avedon, Jennifer ^b   Fernandez, Nicolas ^b   Mascitelli, Kathryn A ^b   Blair, Nicholas J ^b   New, Antonia S ^a,b   Triebwasser, Joseph ^a,b   Siever, Larry J ^a,b   Hazlett, Erin A ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Borderline personality disorder; Emotion regulation; FMRI; Habituation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DIFFICULTY IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HABITUATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AWARENESS; FRONTAL LOBE; IMPULSIVENESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTIVATION; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905592100     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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