How Do Stress Exposure and Stress Regulation Relate to Borderline Personality Disorder?

ABSTRACT: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and frequent disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability affecting impulse control, emotional regulation, cognitive processing, self-image and interpersonal relationships. Patients' personal histories are often marked by stressful or traumatic experiences, either unique or repeated. Moreover, while clinical signs of the disorder include both chronic and acute features, acute features are mostly triggered by acute stressful situations. Such features include transient cognitive distortion, intense anger, uncontrollable impulsivity, and self-harm behavior - including suicide - and contribute to the burden of the disease. In this paper, we review the various aspects (epidemiological, clinical, and physiological) contributing to

SUBMITTER: Bourvis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714931 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature