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Unpleasant Words Trigger Strong Startle Response in People with Borderline Personality Disorder
Adults with borderline personality disorder (BPD) showed excessive emotional reactions when looking at words with unpleasant meanings compared to healthy people during an emotionally stimulating task, according to NIMH-funded researchers. Potential physiological marker for a severe mental disorder Science Update • August 22, 2007 Adults with borderline personality disorder (BPD) showed excessive emotional reactions when looking at words with unpleasant meanings compared to healthy people during an emotionally stimulating task, according to NIMH-funded researchers. They also found that people with more severe BPD showed a greater difference in emotional responding compared to people with less severe BPD. The study was published in the August 1, 2007, issue of Biological Psychiatry.…
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Ambiguity is the greatest threat
In 2009, I attended the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD) in New York. Dr. Glen Gabbard, MD, a psychiatrist and clinician that treats people with Borderline Personality Disorder (#BPD). About halfway through his presentation, Dr. Gabbard said: “Ambiguity is the greatest threat.” He was speaking in the context of a clinician treating someone with BPD. Many studies have show that people with BPD react to neutral facial expressions as if the person is angry. People with BPD interpret neutral faces as angry. I once saw a woman with BPD view a picture of a neutral face and she said, “He’s angry with me.” Dr. Gabbard was suggesting to…
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People With Borderline Personality Disorder May Misinterpret Facial Emotions
In studies, BPD patients sometimes saw anger in a ‘neutral’ face and reacted to that threat. BON: this is kind of a “duh” idea. It’s been well-noted/studied for some time. It is noted in When Hope is Not Enough as well as what, as a loved one, you can do about it. Anyway…. People With Borderline Personality Disorder May Misinterpret Facial Emotions In studies, patients sometimes saw anger in a ‘neutral’ face and reacted to that threat. THURSDAY, May 23 (HealthDay News) — Symptoms of borderline personality disorder often mimic traits of other psychiatric disorders, complicating diagnosis and treatment. But researchers in Canada say they have identified a characteristic that…
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Mental Illness May Be Detected in Online Gaming Partner
Behaviors associated with mental illness can be picked up on by a healthy person playing an online strategy game with someone they’ve never met. Mental Illness May Be Detected in Online Gaming Partner By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Behaviors associated with mental illness can be picked up on by a healthy person playing an online strategy game with someone they’ve never met. A team of researchers at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute found that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing the game. In fact, when healthy players played people with borderline personality disorder, they simply gave up trying to…
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Hallmarks of psychiatric illness can reveal themselves remotely
The researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when healthy players played people with borderline personality disorder, they gave up on trying to predict what their partners would do next. Hallmarks of psychiatric illness can reveal themselves remotely (link) April 9th, 2013 Researchers discovered that healthy people and those with borderline personality disorder displayed different patterns of behavior while playing an online strategy game, so much so that when healthy players played people with borderline personality disorder, they gave up on trying to predict what their partners would do next. Most…
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Using the mood disorder questionnaire and bipolar spectrum diagnostic scale to detect bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder among eating disorder patients
Screening scales for bipolar disorder including the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) and Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS) have been plagued by high false positive rates confounded by presence of borderline personality disorder. This study examined the accuracy of these scales for detecting bipolar disorder among patients referred for eating disorders and explored the possibility of simultaneous assessment of co-morbid borderline personality disorder. Methods: Participants were 78 consecutive female patients who were referred for evaluation of an eating disorder. All participants completed the mood and eating disorder sections of the SCID-I/P and the borderline personality disorder section of the SCID-II, in addition to the MDQ and BSDS. Predictive validity of the…