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Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated ‘personality test’ framework for popular AI chatbots, and have ...
Impairments in mentalizing, the capacity for understanding mental states, are central to borderline personality disorder (BPD). This study examined a brief mentalizing intervention aiming to enhance the capacity and…
Are you the type of person who thanks drivers in cars for stopping so you can cross the road? Your everyday conduct when out and ...
Dissociation is a complex and transdiagnostic phenomenon defined as a disruption of, or discontinuity in, the normal, subjective ...
Background Extant data suggest that children of mothers with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are at risk for a variety of poor psychosocial outcomes, including psychopathology. One avenue for interrupting…
Numerous studies have demonstrated that the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) outperforms traditional categorical nosology (i.e., Section II) in predicting an array of salient clinical outcomes. However…
Background Even if it was first described in borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation (ED) is increasingly recognized as a transdiagnostic and dimensional construct, best understood along a continuum of…
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Why Psychologists Haven’t Agreed on the Basic Human Values—Until Now Personality traits are stable patterns in the way we ...
Spermine, a small but powerful molecule in the body, helps neutralize harmful protein accumulations linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It encourages these misfolded proteins to gather into manageable clumps that…
Background Narrative speech production (NSP), i.e., the conceptualization, linguistic formulation, and articulation of a story, is a multifaceted process underpinned by cognitive functions and mentalization ability…
Background While the effects of psychotherapy methods are being intensively researched, little is known about the clinical and neurobiological effects of specific psychotherapeutic interventions. This study examines the…
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an assessment of personality based on questions about a person’s preferences in four ...
Background To explore how emotional-modulated inhibitory control, as assessed by the emotional Go/No-Go task and EEG, correlates with the multidimensional profile of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Methods…
The present paper takes a broad perspective on the psychosocial functioning in adult patients with personality disorders. We start with a working definition, then we report on psychosocial functioning in personality…
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex and severe mental health condition often accompanied by several co-occurring clinical problems. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the most common…
Mothers with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are assumed to perceive difficulties in the relationship towards their children. However, a detailed and comprehensive investigation on how mothers with BPD reflect and…
We recently published treatment outcome data of patients with severe Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) after one year of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Integrated Care Borderline (ICB). ICB provides DBT in the…
GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, and nicotine use…
Introduction Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex psychiatric condition strongly associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). This study examined how childhood trauma interacts with impulsivity…
Correction: Bord Personal Disord Emot Dysregul 12, 16 (2025) Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported that the name and family name of Pietro De Carli had been mistakenly reversed. The…
Personality disorders (PDs) have long been studied in adulthood, with relatively limited attention to their developmental course during adolescence. Recent research, however, underscores the importance of early…
This study examined the perceived attractiveness of four different personality types via Tinder on a university campus at a large Southwestern university. This study used Don Lowry’s True Colors ...
Background Borderline personality symptoms are often associated with social-cognitive impairments, but the impact of childhood trauma on emotional processing remains poorly understood. This study explored the moderating…
There is a need for a parenting intervention that specifically addresses the concerns for parents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) due to the challenges that these parents experience and the stigma that…
The idea that personality never changes once you reach adulthood continues to be challenged by study after study. There’s one ...
Emotion dysregulation is a central feature in trauma-associated disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, it remains unclear whether emotion dysregulation…
Family climate substantially influences children’s socio-emotional development. We examined mothers’ mental representations of their children and their relationships in three groups of mothers with young children (0–6…
The tendency to forgive is associated with traits such as agreeableness and neuroticism, mental well-being, and interpersonal functioning. Given documented associations with interpersonal conflict and aggression in…
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often underdiagnosed in Malaysia due to limited specialized training and validated screening tools. Although the McLean Screening Instrument for BPD (MSI-BPD) is a…
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