Recent research findings have contributed to an improved understanding and treatment of
borderline personality disorder. This disorder is characterised by severe functional …

Impaired emotion regulation contributes to the development and severity of substance use
disorders (substance disorders). This review summarizes the literature on alterations in …

Background Disturbances in the processing and regulation of emotions are core symptoms
of borderline personality disorder (BPD). To further elucidate neural underpinnings of BPD …

Mentalizing, the fundamental human capacity to understand behavior in relation to mental
states such as thoughts and feelings, is the basis of healthy relationships and self …

Abstract Objective Siever and Davis'(1991) psychobiological framework of borderline
personality disorder (BPD) identifies affective instability (AI) as a core dimension …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder, characterized by
pronounced deficits in emotion regulation, cognitive disturbances including dissociation …

BACKGROUND: Emotional vulnerabilities at the core of borderline personality disorder
(BPD) involve a dysfunction of frontolimbic systems subserving negative emotionality. The …

BACKGROUND: Structural brain abnormalities have been demonstrated in subjects with
BPD in prefrontal and fronto-limbic regions involved in the regulation of emotion and …

The human amygdala is strongly embedded in numerous other structures of the limbic
system, but is also a hub for a multitude of other brain regions it is connected with. Its major …

Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are prominent examples of mental disorders with …