Association between baseline dissociation levels and stress-induced state dissociation in patients with posttraumatic-stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and major depressive disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dissociative symptoms are highly prevalent in patients with trauma-related disorders such as borderline personality disorder (BPD) and posttraumatic-stress disorder (PTSD), and also occur in patients with depressive disorders. Acute dissociative states are theorized to be stress-related, and some individuals experience recurring patterns of dissociation. The relationship between the intensity of dissociative episodes (trait-like dissociation) and acute dissociative states, however, is incompletely understood. In the present study, we investigated how levels of baseline (trait-like) dissociation relate to changes in dissociative states during a laboratory stress induction.

Methods

Our female sample comprised 65 patients with BPD and/or PTSD, 84 patients with majo

SUBMITTER: Graumann L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064785 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature