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The specificity of mental pain in borderline personality disorder compared to depressive disorders and healthy controls

Overview of attention for article published in Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, February 2016
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Title
The specificity of mental pain in borderline personality disorder compared to depressive disorders and healthy controls
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, February 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40479-016-0036-2
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Eric A. Fertuck, Esen Karan, Barbara Stanley

Abstract

Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) may experience a qualitatively distinct depression which includes "mental pain." Mental pain includes chronic, aversive emotions, negative self-concept, and a sense of pervasive helplessness. The present study investigated whether mental pain is elevated in BPD compared to Depressive Disorders (DD) without BPD. The Orbach and Mikulincer Mental Pain Scale (OMMP) was administered to BPD (N = 57), DD (N = 22), and healthy controls (N = 31). The OMMP assesses total mental pain, comprised of nine subtypes: irreversibility, loss of control, narcissistic wounds, emotional flooding, freezing, self-estrangement, confusion, social distancing, and emptiness. Co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses, depression severity, and other potentially confounding clinical and demographic variables were also assessed. The total Mental Pain score did not differentiate BPD from DD. Moreover, most of the subscales of the OMMP were not significantly different in BPD compared to DD. However, the elevation of mental pain subscale "narcissistic wounds," characterized by feeling rejected and having low self-worth, was a specific predictor of BPD status and the severity of BPD symptoms. On OMMP total score, mental pain was similarly elevated in BPD and DD. However, the narcissistic wounds sub-type of mental pain was a sensitive and specific diagnostic indicator of BPD and, therefore, may be an important aspect of BPD in need of increased focus in assessment and theoretical models.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 16%
Researcher 7 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 8%
Student > Master 5 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 6%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 24 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 17 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 22%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 3%
Social Sciences 2 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 26 41%
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