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Cawley E, Piazza G, Das RK, Kamboj SK. A systematic review of the pharmacological modulation of autobiographical memory specificity. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1045217. [PMID: 36452391 PMCID: PMC9703074 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Background Over-general autobiographical memory (AM) retrieval is proposed to have a causal role in the maintenance of psychological disorders like depression and PTSD. As such, the identification of drugs that modulate AM specificity may open up new avenues of research on pharmacological modeling and treatment of psychological disorders. Aim The current review summarizes randomized, placebo-controlled studies of acute pharmacological modulation of AM specificity. Method A systematic search was conducted of studies that examined the acute effects of pharmacological interventions on AM specificity in human volunteers (healthy and clinical participants) measured using the Autobiographical Memory Test. Results Seventeen studies were identified (986 total participants), of which 16 were judged to have low risk of bias. The presence and direction of effects varied across drugs and diagnostic status of participants (clinical vs. healthy volunteers). The most commonly studied drug-hydrocortisone-produced an overall impairment in AM specificity in healthy volunteers [g = -0.28, CI (-0.53, -0.03), p = 0.03], although improvements were reported in two studies of clinical participants. In general, studies of monoamine modulators reported no effect on specificity. Conclusion Pharmacological enhancement of AM specificity is inconsistent, although monaminergic modulators show little promise in this regard. Drugs that reduce AM specificity in healthy volunteers may be useful experimental-pharmacological tools that mimic an important transdiagnostic impairment in psychological disorders. Systematic review registration PROSPERO, identifier CRD42020199076, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020199076.
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- Emma Cawley
- Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Al-Shamali HF, Winkler O, Talarico F, Greenshaw AJ, Forner C, Zhang Y, Vermetten E, Burback L. A systematic scoping review of dissociation in borderline personality disorder and implications for research and clinical practice: Exploring the fog. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2022; 56:1252-1264. [PMID: 35152771 PMCID: PMC9511244 DOI: 10.1177/00048674221077029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is frequently complicated by the presence of dissociative symptoms. Pathological dissociation is linked with earlier and more severe trauma exposure, emotional dysregulation and worse treatment outcomes in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dissociative Disorders, with implications for BPD. OBJECTIVE A systematic scoping review was conducted to assess the extent of current literature regarding the impact of dissociation on BPD and to identify knowledge gaps. METHODS Four electronic databases (MEDLINE, APA PsycINFO, EMBASE, CINAHL Plus) were searched, and English peer-reviewed studies with adults with BPD were included, following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) 2018 guidelines. RESULTS Most of the 70 included studies were observational (98%) with first authors from Germany (59%). Overall, dissociation was associated with increased BPD symptom severity, self-harm and reduced psychotherapy treatment response; findings regarding suicide risk were mixed. Dissociation was associated with working memory and cognitive deficits, decreased pain perception, altered body ownership, no substance abuse or the abuse of sedative substances, increased fantasy proneness, personality fragmentation, fearful attachment, dream anxiety, perceived stress and altered stress responses, increased cumulative body mass index, decreased water consumption, several neurological correlates and changes in gene expression. CONCLUSION BPD with significant dissociative symptoms may constitute a more severe and at-risk subgroup of BPD patients. However, there are significant research gaps and methodological issues in the area, including the possibility of unrecognized Dissociative Disorders in BPD study populations confounding results. Further studies are needed to better understand the impact of dissociation on BPD course and treatment, and to clarify the most appropriate assessment tools for clinical practice. In addition, interventional studies are needed to develop dissociation-specific BPD treatments to determine whether targeting dissociation in BPD can improve treatment outcomes.
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- Huda F Al-Shamali
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada,Lisa Burback, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R7, Canada.
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Schechter M, Goldblatt MJ, Ronningstam E, Herbstman B. The Psychoanalytic Study of Suicide, Part I: An Integration of Contemporary Theory and Research. J Am Psychoanal Assoc 2022; 70:103-137. [PMID: 35451317 DOI: 10.1177/00030651221086622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy has an important role in suicide prevention. The psychoanalytic study of suicide has taught us a great deal about the human experience and the process of suicidality. There is also much to be learned from other fields of study and from empirical research that can be integrated into psychoanalytic therapies. Central to the psychoanalytic approach to suicide has been understanding the patient's internal subjective experience of unbearable emotional or psychic pain and the urgent need for relief. Emotional pain can include intense affects such as shame, humiliation, self-hate, and rage. Factors that can increase vulnerability to suicidal states include problems with early attunement, dissociation and deficits in bodily love and protection, conscious and unconscious fantasy, and certain character traits and dynamics. Empirical research has confirmed many basic psychoanalytic concepts about suicide, including escape from unbearable pain as the primary driver of suicidal behavior, the role of dissociation in increasing risk of bodily attack, and the importance of unconscious processes. Further research into implicit processes and their role in the suicidal process holds potential to improve suicide risk assessment and to enhance psychotherapy by bringing otherwise inaccessible material into the treatment.
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Cavicchioli M, Maffei C. Rumination as a widespread emotion-based cognitive vulnerability in borderline personality disorder: A meta-analytic review. J Clin Psychol 2021; 78:989-1008. [PMID: 34816435 DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The current quantitative review aims at comprehensively clarifying the role of rumination in borderline personality disorder (BPD) considering its relevance for several clinical models of the disorder. METHOD This meta-analysis included 29 independent studies assessing different forms of rumination-general tendency to engage in ruminative thinking patterns and four types of emotion-based rumination among both nonclinical subjects reporting BPD features and patients with BPD. Furthermore, the study tested whether rumination could be considered a widespread emotion-based cognitive vulnerability in BPD. RESULTS Meta-analytic procedures were based on 46 r coefficients that showed large pooled effect sizes for all forms of rumination. With the exception of interpersonal rumination, the remaining forms of rumination were equally involved in BPD features. CONCLUSIONS Rumination should be considered a widespread emotion-based cognitive vulnerability in BPD. Future studies should provide longitudinal and contextual-based evaluations of rumination among treatment-seeking individuals with BPD.
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- Marco Cavicchioli
- Department of Psychology, University "Vita-Salute San Raffaele", Milan, Italy.,Unit of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, San Raffaele-Turro Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University "Vita-Salute San Raffaele", Milan, Italy.,Unit of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, San Raffaele-Turro Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Bendstrup G, Simonsen E, Kongerslev MT, Jørgensen MS, Petersen LS, Thomsen MS, Vestergaard M. Narrative coherence of autobiographical memories in women with borderline personality disorder and associations with childhood adversity. Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul 2021; 8:18. [PMID: 34099064 PMCID: PMC8183034 DOI: 10.1186/s40479-021-00159-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND People suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) seem to have incoherent autobiographical narratives. Tentative evidence suggests that reduced narrative coherence of autobiographical memories is associated with insecure attachment. However, it remains unknown whether incoherent autobiographical narratives in people with BPD are coupled to experiences of childhood trauma, which is highly prevalent in BPD. METHOD We examined if written autobiographical memories in 26 female participants with BPD had reduced narrative coherence relative to 28 healthy female controls and whether more incoherent narratives were associated with childhood trauma. RESULTS As hypothesized, results showed that compared to controls, the autobiographical memories in participants with BPD had reduced narrative coherence, specifically inadequate orientation about the narrative and lack of narrative structure. More self-reported childhood adversity was coupled to lower orientation across groups whereas increased childhood adversity showed a specific relationship to lowered narrative structure in BPD participants. CONCLUSION Women with BPD had incoherent autobiographical narratives, and reduced narrative coherence was associated with more self-reported childhood adversity, which appeared to explain the group differences.
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- Glenn Bendstrup
- Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark.
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- Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Clinic Roskilde, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark
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Kaplan B, Yazici Gulec M, Gica S, Gulec H. The association between neurocognitive functioning and clinical features of borderline personality disorder. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 42:503-509. [PMID: 32321061 PMCID: PMC7524408 DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between neurocognitive profiles and clinical manifestations of borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHODS Forty-five patients diagnosed with BPD and 35 healthy volunteers were included in the study. The BPD group was evaluated with the Borderline Personality Inventory for dissociative, impulsivity and suicidal dimensions. The Verbal Memory Processes Test and the Cambridge Neurophysiological Assessment Battery were administered to both the BPD and healthy control groups. RESULTS BPD patients differed from controls in sustained attention, facial emotion recognition, and deteriorated verbal memory function. A model consisting of the Dissociative Experiences Scale - Taxon (DES-T), motor impulsivity and Scale for Suicidal Behavior scores explained 52% of the variance in Borderline Personality Inventory scores. It was detected that motor impulsivity, decision-making and recognizing sadness may significantly predict DES-T scores, and response inhibition and facial emotion recognition scores may significantly predict impulsivity. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate that the disassociation, impulsivity, and suicidality dimensions are sufficient to represent the clinical manifestations of BPD, that they are related to neurocognitive differences, and that they interact with clinical features.
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- Bahar Kaplan
- Department of Psychiatry, Sivas Numune Hospital, Sivas Provincial Health Directorate, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Erenkoy Mental Health and Neurological Disease Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Erenkoy Mental Health and Neurological Disease Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Čolić J, Bassett TR, Latysheva A, Imboden C, Bader K, Hatzinger M, Mikoteit T, Lieb R, Gloster AT, Hoyer J. Depersonalization and derealization in embarrassing social interactions: an experience sampling study in social phobia, major depression and controls. J Anxiety Disord 2020; 70:102189. [PMID: 32070861 DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The study explored the duration and frequency of depersonalization (DP) and derealization (DR) in embarrassing social interactions in the everyday life of individuals with social phobia (SP), major depressive disorder (MDD) and controls. METHODS Experience sampling was used (seven days, five surveys per day). A total of N = 165 patients (n = 47 SP, n = 118 MDD) and n = 119 controls were included. DP/DR were assessed whenever an interaction has been indicated as embarrassing. RESULTS Individuals with SP and MDD experienced more embarrassing social interactions than controls and, accordingly, more DP/DR. The frequency of DP in embarrassing social interactions was, compared to controls, only significantly higher in MDD (no difference between SP and MDD). Regarding DR, there were no between-group differences. The groups also did not differ regarding duration of DP/DR. CONCLUSIONS The study is the first to demonstrate in an ecologically valid manner that DP/DR regularly occur in relation to feelings of embarrassment in controls and in individuals suffering from SP or MDD. DP and DR might be responses to strong emotions, like embarrassment, or might be attempts at coping. The higher emergence of embarrassment itself might be viewed as an indicator of maladaptation. Treatment interventions correcting for these misinterpretations might reduce DP/DR.
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- Jasmin Čolić
- Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Psychiatric Services Solothurn, Solothurn Hospital Group, Solothurn, Switzerland; Private Clinic Wyss, Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
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- Center for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Psychiatric Services Solothurn, Solothurn Hospital Group, Solothurn, Switzerland; Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Psychiatric Services Solothurn, Solothurn Hospital Group, Solothurn, Switzerland; Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Psychology & Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Beran E, Richman MJ, Unoka Z. Autobiographical Memory Impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis Interpreted in Terms of the CaR-FA-X Model. J Pers Disord 2019; 33:818-831. [PMID: 30036172 DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by impaired functioning of autobiographical memory (AM). We use a quantitative meta-analysis to assess AM performance in adults diagnosed with BPD as compared to healthy controls (HC). Moderator variables included type of autobiographical memory as well as clinical and demographic variables. Large significant deficits were seen in the BPD group in comparison to the HC group. In the BPD group, effect sizes were large for overgenerality, omission, and specific memories, while not significant for recall. Age influenced the performance of the BPD group; in addition, there was a significant interaction between age and specificity of memory. Gender and IQ did not influence memory performance. Our results confirm that BPD patients show impairment in AM. We explain these impairments in terms of the CaR-FA-X model, based on mechanisms of capture and rumination, functional avoidance, and impaired executive control.
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- Eszter Beran
- Institute of Psychology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Fulbright Program, Washington, DC, and Department of Clinical Psychology and Addiction, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
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- Department of Psychotherapy and Psychiatry, Semmelweis University, Budapest
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Lungu A, Wilks CR, Coyle TN, Linehan MM. Assessing Suicidal and NonSuicidal Self-Injury via In-Depth Interview or Self-Report: Balancing Assessment Effort and Results. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2019; 49:1347-1359. [PMID: 30450576 DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Both suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) represent major public health concerns, and effective assessment, management, and treatment requires assessment tools that can simultaneously be quick and accurate. This study compared the validity of a self-report measure of suicide attempts and NSSI acts with a gold standard in depth interview. METHOD Ninety women answered questions about their suicidal behavior history using both a self-report assessment and in-depth interview. RESULTS The plurality of patients over estimated their suicidal acts using the self-report measure when compared to the gold standard interview. CONCLUSION Self-report assessments may not be an accurate method of retrieving information about suicide.
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- Anita Lungu
- Lyra Health, 287 Lorton Ave, Burlingame, CA, USA.,University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Beike DR, Merrick CR, Cole HE. Use, Adaptivity, and Need Fulfillment: A Methodological Critique of Tests of the Functions of Autobiographical Memory. Psychol Rep 2019; 123:43-70. [PMID: 31142191 DOI: 10.1177/0033294119852578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this article, we champion the study of autobiographical memory functions. We review the proposed functions and how they have been investigated. We describe seven commonly used research designs. We argue that although each design offers unique benefits, none of these designs is ideally suited to test the functional nature of autobiographical memory with high internal validity. We stress that each design does have a unique set of benefits in the exploration of autobiographical memory and none should be abandoned. However, we encourage researchers interested in function in particular to consider designs that will illuminate the use, adaptivity, and fulfillment of needs that is inherent in the definition of function.
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, USA
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Schechter M, Herbstman B, Ronningstam E, Goldblatt MJ. Emerging Adults, Identity Development, and Suicidality: Implications for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF THE CHILD 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00797308.2017.1415596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Parlar M, Densmore M, Hall GB, Lanius R, McKinnon MC. Neural and behavioural correlates of autobiographical memory retrieval in patients with major depressive disorder and a history of trauma exposure. Neuropsychologia 2018; 110:148-158. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Gold N, Kyratsous M. Self and identity in borderline personality disorder: Agency and mental time travel. J Eval Clin Pract 2017; 23:1020-1028. [PMID: 28544126 PMCID: PMC5655722 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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We consider how conceptions of the self and identity from the philosophical literature can help us to understand identity disturbance in borderline personality disorder (BPD). We present 3 philosophical approaches: connectedness, narrative, and agency. We show how these map on to 3 different ways in which the self can be temporally extended. The connectedness approach is dominant in philosophy, and the narrative approach has been used by psychiatry, but we argue that the lesser-known agency approach provides a promising way to theorize some aspects of identity disturbance in BPD. It relates the 2 diagnostic criteria of identity disturbance and disinhibition and is consistent with evidence of memory deficits and altered self-processing in BPD patients.
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- Natalie Gold
- Department of Philosophy, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK.,South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Baczkowski BM, van Zutphen L, Siep N, Jacob GA, Domes G, Maier S, Sprenger A, Senft A, Willenborg B, Tüscher O, Arntz A, van de Ven V. Deficient amygdala-prefrontal intrinsic connectivity after effortful emotion regulation in borderline personality disorder. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2017; 267:551-565. [PMID: 28039553 PMCID: PMC5561271 DOI: 10.1007/s00406-016-0760-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Emotion instability in borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been associated with an impaired fronto-limbic inhibitory network. However, functional connectivity (FC) underlying altered emotion regulation in BPD has yet to be established. Here, we used resting-state fMRI to investigate enduring effects of effortful emotion regulation on the amygdala intrinsic FC in BPD. In this multicenter study, resting-state fMRI was acquired before and after an emotion regulation task in 48 BPD patients and 39 non-patient comparison individuals. The bilateral amygdalae were used as a seed in the whole-brain FC analysis and two-way mixed ANOVA to test whether BPD patients exhibited weaker post-task increase in the amygdala intrinsic FC with the prefrontal cortex (PFC), compared to non-patients. Subsequently, we explored whether the results are common for personality disorders characterized by emotional problems, using additional data of 21 cluster-C personality disorder patients. In contrast to non-patients, BPD patients failed to show increased post-task amygdala resting-state FC with the medial, dorsolateral, ventrolateral PFC, and superior temporal gyrus, but surprisingly exhibited decreased FC with the posterior cingulate cortex and increased FC with the superior parietal lobule. In BPD patients, the emotion regulation task failed to increase resting-state amygdala FC with brain regions essential for effortful emotion regulation, which suggests: (a) altered cognitive control typically used to indirectly alleviate distress by reinterpreting the meaning of emotional stimuli; (b) impaired direct regulation of emotional responses, which might be common for personality disorders;
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- Blazej M Baczkowski
- Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy & Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Biological and Clinical Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
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- Freiburg Brain Imaging Center, University Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology and Psychology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Jumentier S, Barsics C, Van der Linden M. Reduced specificity and enhanced subjective experience of future thinking in ageing: the influence of avoidance and emotion-regulation strategies. Memory 2017; 26:59-73. [PMID: 28470139 DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2017.1322108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Future thinking in older adults is characterised by a lack of specificity of imagined events and by an equal or even higher subjective experience, compared to younger adults. We considered whether this lack of specificity stemmed partly from the avoidance of a somewhat disturbing future and then examined the extent to which certain types of emotion-regulation strategies, namely positive reappraisal and positive refocusing, contributed to the subjective experience of future thinking. Middle-aged and older adults completed an adapted version of the AMT, in which temporal distance and cue word valence were manipulated, thus resulting in future conditions assumed to represent varying degrees of discomfort. Results indicate that distant future and negative cues restricted both the specificity and the subjective experience of future thinking. In addition, the use of avoidance strategies predicted the nature of future thoughts in the context of a supposed uncomfortable future (i.e., a distant future induced by negative cues), although it followed quite different age-related patterns. Together with the findings that positive reappraisal and positive refocusing (to a lesser extent) contributed to the subjective experience of future thinking, this study indicates that how individuals imagine their personal future also relies on affect- and emotion-regulation strategies.
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- Sabrina Jumentier
- a Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland.,b Department of Psychiatry , Nîmes University Hospital , Nîmes , France.,c Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- a Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland.,c Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland
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- a Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland.,c Swiss Centre for Affective Sciences , University of Geneva , Geneva , Switzerland.,d Department of Psychology , University of Liège , Liège , Belgium
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Cassiello-Robbins C, Barlow DH. Anger: The unrecognized emotion in emotional disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Marco JH, Pérez S, García-Alandete J, Moliner R. Meaning in Life in People with Borderline Personality Disorder. Clin Psychol Psychother 2015; 24:162-170. [PMID: 26639791 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Revised: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Low feelings of meaning in life are associated with depression, hopelessness and suicide, substance abuse and emotional dysregulation. The aim of this study is to offer results about the importance of the construct meaning in life in the psychopathology of BPD. In study 1, the sample was made up of 223 participants, 141 participants with BPD and 82 participants with another mental disorder but without BPD. In study 2, the sample was made up of 80 participants with BPD. Study 1 indicated that the participants with BPD had a lower feeling of meaning in life than the participants with mental disorders but without a BPD. Study 2 indicated that meaning in life was highly negatively correlated with the symptoms of BPD. The model composed of emotional dysregulation, and meaning in life was significantly associated with BPD psychopathology. The present study supports the association between meaning in life with the psychopathology of BPD. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGE The results of this study suggest that meaning in life is a relevant variable in the psychopathology of BPD The results of this study suggest that meaning in life is associated with non-suicide self injuries This study suggests that current therapies for BPD should focus on increasing the meaning in life in these patients.
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- Jose H Marco
- Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain
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- Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain
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- Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Martir, Valencia, Spain
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Kashdan TB, Roberts JE, Carlos EL. Impact of depressive symptoms, self-esteem and neuroticism on trajectories of overgeneral autobiographical memory over repeated trials. Cogn Emot 2015; 20:383-401. [PMID: 26529212 DOI: 10.1080/02699930500341367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The present study examined trajectories of change in the frequency of overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM) over the course of repeated trials, and tested whether particular dimensions of depressive symptomatology (somatic and cognitive-affective distress), self-esteem, and neuroticism account for individual differences in these trajectories. Given that depression is associated with impairments in effortful processing, we predicted that over repeated trials depression would be associated with increasingly OGM. Generalised Linear Mixed Models with Penalised Quasi-Likelihood demonstrated significant linear and quadratic trends in OGM over repeated trials, and somatic distress and self-esteem moderated these slopes. The form of these interactions suggested that somatic distress and low self-esteem primarily contribute to OGM during the second half of the trial sequence. The present findings demonstrate the value of a novel analytical approach to OGM that estimates individual trajectories of change over repeated trials.
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- Todd B Kashdan
- a University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , NY , USA.,b George Mason University , Fairfax , VA , USA
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- a University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , NY , USA.,b George Mason University , Fairfax , VA , USA
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- a University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , NY , USA.,b George Mason University , Fairfax , VA , USA
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Bech M, Elklit A, Simonsen E. Autobiographical memory in borderline personality disorder-A systematic review. Personal Ment Health 2015; 9:162-71. [PMID: 25940516 DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Borderline personality disorder is a severe psychiatric illness. A key feature of the disorder is a disorganized sense of self often referred to as identity diffusion. Autobiographical memory is memory for personal life events. One of the main functions of these memories is to enable us to understand who we are by connecting past, present and future experiences. It seems that autobiographical memory is in some way disrupted in individuals with borderline personality disorder. A systematic review is conducted looking at studies that focus on the potential connections. We find that although a number of studies have been published results remain inconsistent. Furthermore, we find that many of the studies suffer from inadequate designs particularly regarding the reported measures of autobiographical memory. We discuss potential links between personality functioning, identity diffusion, autobiographical memory and borderline personality disorder.
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- Morten Bech
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Kramer U, Pascual-Leone A, Berthoud L, de Roten Y, Marquet P, Kolly S, Despland JN, Page D. Assertive Anger Mediates Effects of Dialectical Behaviour-informed Skills Training for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Psychol Psychother 2015; 23:189-202. [PMID: 25864773 DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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UNLABELLED Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)-informed skills training for borderline personality disorder (BPD) aims at the development of specific emotion regulation skills in patients, particularly with regard to the regulation of problematic anger. While the effects of dialectical behaviour skills training have been shown, their processes of change are rarely examined. Neacsiu, Rizvi and Linehan (2010) found that patient's self-reported use of emotion regulation skills was a mediator of therapeutic change in these treatments; however, they found no effect for problematic anger. From an integrative perspective on anger (Pascual-Leone & Greenberg, 2007; Pascual-Leone & Paivio, 2013), there are several forms of anger, varying in their degree of therapeutic productivity. The present add-on randomized controlled trial included n = 41 patients with BPD (n = 21 DBT-informed skills training versus n = 20 treatment as usual). The first study examined the outcome of the DBT-informed skills training encompassing basic components of training in mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotion regulation. Results showed that symptom reduction was significantly greater in the DBT-informed skills training, compared with the treatment as usual. The second study used process assessment, for which all patient completers underwent a 50-min-long psychological interview both early and late in treatment, which was rated using the Classification of Affective Meaning States. DBT-informed skills training produced increased levels of primary 'assertive' anger, as compared with the treatment as usual, whereas no effect was found for 'rejecting' secondary anger. Most importantly, we showed that changes in assertive anger mediated the reported symptom reduction, in particular in patient's social roles. We discuss these results in the context of underlying mechanisms of change in DBT skills group treatments, in particular towards developing more productive forms of anger in this patient population. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEY PRACTITIONER MESSAGE A 20-session dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)-informed skills training is a promising adjunct intervention for patients with borderline personality disorder, in particular for reducing problems related to social role. Increases in assertive anger mediate the effects of DBT-informed skills training, whereas rejecting anger remains unchanged over the course of treatment. Short-term objectives for intervention might involve the specific increase of assertive anger in BPD, by using DBT-informed skills training; long-term objectives for intervention might involve a specific decrease of rejecting anger in BPD.
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- Ueli Kramer
- Institute of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- General Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- General Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- General Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rosenbach C, Renneberg B. Remembering rejection: specificity and linguistic styles of autobiographical memories in borderline personality disorder and depression. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2015; 46:85-92. [PMID: 25259768 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES High levels of rejection sensitivity are assumed to be the result of early and prolonged experiences of rejection. Aim of this study was to investigate autobiographical memories of rejection in clinical samples high in rejection sensitivity (Borderline Personality Disorder, BPD, and Major Depressive Disorder, MDD) and to identify group differences in the quality of the memories. METHODS Memories of rejection were retrieved using an adapted version of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; five positive cue words, five cue words referring to rejection). Specificity of memories and linguistic word usage was analyzed in 30 patients with BPD, 27 patients with MDD and 30 healthy controls. RESULTS Patients with BPD retrieved less specific memories compared to the healthy control group, whereas patients with MDD did not differ from controls in this regard. The group difference was no longer significant when controlling for rejection sensitivity. Linguistic analysis indicated that compared to both other groups, patients with BPD showed a higher self-focus, used more anger-related words, referred more frequently to social environments, and rated memories of rejection as more relevant for today's life. LIMITATIONS Clinical symptoms were not assessed in the control group. Moreover, the written form of the AMT might reduce the total number of specific memories. CONCLUSION The level of rejection sensitivity influenced the specificity of the retrieved memories. Analysis of linguistic styles revealed specific linguistic patterns in BPD compared to non-clinical as well as depressed participants.
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- Charlotte Rosenbach
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Education and Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Education and Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ruocco AC, Bahl N. Material-specific discrepancies in verbal and visual episodic memory in borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Res 2014; 220:694-7. [PMID: 25064386 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Material-specific discrepancies in episodic memory were evaluated in 24 patients with borderline personality disorder. Compared to norms, large discrepancies between verbal and visual episodic memory, measured using the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test, respectively, were significantly more frequent among patients, occurring three times more often than in the normative sample. Although visual memory was hypothesized to be more significantly affected, patients showed no consistent decrement to verbal or visual memory.
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- University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Maladaptive Processing of Maladaptive Content: Rumination as a Mechanism Linking Cognitive Biases to Depressive Symptoms. J Exp Psychopathol 2014; 5:329-350. [PMID: 31327990 DOI: 10.5127/jep.038213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cognitive theories propose that negatively biased thinking is an important factor in the development and maintenance of depression. The mechanisms by which cognitive biases lead to depression, however, have not been thoroughly researched. One potential mechanism is that negatively biased thoughts trigger rumination, or the process of focusing passively and repetitively on the causes and consequences of one's mood, a well-established risk factor for depression. In a series of three studies, we examined rumination and other cognitive emotion regulatory strategies as mechanisms of the relationship between cognitive biases and depressive symptoms. We found consistent evidence that rumination mediates the relationship between interpretation and memory biases and depressive symptoms. The indirect effects through rumination were stronger than indirect effects through other cognitive emotion regulation strategies (dampening and worry). These findings indicate that negatively biased thinking may increase risk for depression by increasing rumination, supporting the notion that rumination is a useful target for intervention with depressed clients.
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Winter D, Elzinga B, Schmahl C. Emotions and memory in borderline personality disorder. Psychopathology 2014; 47:71-85. [PMID: 24355827 DOI: 10.1159/000356360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Memory processes such as encoding, storage, and retrieval of information are influenced by emotional content. Because patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are particularly susceptible to emotional information, it is relevant to understand whether such memory processes are altered in this patient group. This systematic literature review collects current evidence on this issue. Research suggests that emotional information interferes more strongly with information processing and learning in BPD patients than in healthy controls. In general, BPD patients do not seem to differ from healthy control subjects in their ability to memorize emotional information, but they tend to have specific difficulties forgetting negative information. Also, BPD patients seem to recall autobiographical, particularly negative events with stronger arousal than healthy controls, while BPD patients also show specific temporo-prefrontal alterations in neural correlates. No substantial evidence was found that the current affective state influences learning and memory in BPD patients any differently than in healthy control subjects. In general, a depressive mood seems to both deteriorate and negatively bias information processing and memories, while there is evidence that dissociative symptoms impair learning and memory independently of stimulus valence. This review discusses methodological challenges of studies on memory and emotions in BPD and makes suggestions for future research and clinical implications.
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- Dorina Winter
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Schilling L, Wingenfeld K, Spitzer C, Nagel M, Moritz S. False memories and memory confidence in borderline patients. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2013; 44:376-80. [PMID: 23648802 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Mixed results have been obtained regarding memory in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Prior reports and anecdotal evidence suggests that patients with BPD are prone to false memories but this assumption has to been put to firm empirical test, yet. METHODS Memory accuracy and confidence was assessed in 20 BPD patients and 22 healthy controls using a visual variant of the false memory (Deese-Roediger-McDermott) paradigm which involved a negative and a positive-valenced picture. RESULTS Groups did not differ regarding veridical item recognition. Importantly, patients did not display more false memories than controls. At trend level, borderline patients rated more items as new with high confidence compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS The results tentatively suggest that borderline patients show uncompromised visual memory functions and display no increased susceptibility for distorted memories.
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- Lisa Schilling
- Asklepios Medical Center Hamburg-North--Wandsbek, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hamburg, Germany.
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The influence of cognitive and emotional suppression on overgeneral autobiographical memory retrieval. Conscious Cogn 2013; 22:965-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 06/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Griffith JW, Sumner JA, Raes F, Barnhofer T, Debeer E, Hermans D. Current psychometric and methodological issues in the measurement of overgeneral autobiographical memory. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2012. [PMID: 23200427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Autobiographical memory is a multifaceted construct that is related to psychopathology and other difficulties in functioning. Across many studies, a variety of methods have been used to study autobiographical memory. The relationship between overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM) and psychopathology has been of particular interest, and many studies of this cognitive phenomenon rely on the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT) to assess it. In this paper, we examine several methodological approaches to studying autobiographical memory, and focus primarily on methodological and psychometric considerations in OGM research. We pay particular attention to what is known about the reliability, validity, and methodological variations of the AMT. The AMT has adequate psychometric properties, but there is great variability in methodology across studies that use it. Methodological recommendations and suggestions for future studies are presented.
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- James W Griffith
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 625 N Michigan Ave, 27th Floor, Suite 2700, Chicago, IL 60610, USA.
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Memory specificity in borderline personality disorder: associations with depression and self-discrepancy. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2012. [PMID: 23200432 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Reduced memory specificity (RMS) is a robust finding in (previously) depressed patients and patients suffering from posttraumatic symptoms. It has been associated with depression severity, rumination, and--more recently--with cue content (e.g., cues referring to highly discrepant self-guides are assumed to hinder specific memory retrieval more likely than cues that match one's self-concept). In this study we have investigated the presence of these relationships in 34 patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). All participants completed the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ), the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and the Ruminative Response Scale (RRS). First, it was observed that both rumination and depression severity were associated with RMS. However, when confounding between rumination and depression severity was considered using partial correlations, only depression severity was found to be significantly associated with RMS. Second, in the currently depressed BPD patients (n = 11), memory specificity was significantly related to cue content suggesting that, at least for depressed BPD patients RMS is related to the extent to which cues activate highly discrepant personal domains. Although our data suggest that depression severity as well as current depression (in interaction with cue content) play an important role in the occurrence of RMS in BPD, we will discuss that these findings could be moderated by posttraumatic stress and/or executive functioning.
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Young KD, Erickson K, Drevets WC. Match between cue and memory valence during autobiographical memory recall in depression. Psychol Rep 2012; 111:129-48. [PMID: 23045855 DOI: 10.2466/09.02.15.pr0.111.4.129-148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with deficits in recalling specific autobiographical memories. The current study goal was to assess whether emotionally valenced cue words led to memories of similar emotional valence and whether this pattern differed between 12 unmedicated MDD and 14 healthy control participants. Both groups recalled autobiographical memories in response to positive, negative, and neutral cue words. Positive and neutral cues prompted recall of positive memories less often in the MDD group than in the controls. MDD participants recalled fewer specific and more categorical memories than controls; however, the proportion of specific memories didn't differ across memory valences. The MDD group had fewer specific memories in response to positive and neutral cues than the controls. These results suggest that the MDD participants may process positive stimuli differently than healthy controls and that their recall of specific autobiographical memories is impaired, regardless of the affective valence of those memories.
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- Kymberly D Young
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Baer RA, Peters JR, Eisenlohr-Moul TA, Geiger PJ, Sauer SE. Emotion-related cognitive processes in borderline personality disorder: A review of the empirical literature. Clin Psychol Rev 2012; 32:359-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 01/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bennouna-Greene M, Berna F, Conway MA, Rathbone CJ, Vidailhet P, Danion JM. Self-images and related autobiographical memories in schizophrenia. Conscious Cogn 2012; 21:247-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 09/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Jørgensen CR, Berntsen D, Bech M, Kjølbye M, Bennedsen BE, Ramsgaard SB. Identity-related autobiographical memories and cultural life scripts in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Conscious Cogn 2012; 21:788-98. [PMID: 22356875 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Revised: 01/15/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Disturbed identity is one of the defining characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder manifested in a broad spectrum of dysfunctions related to the self, including disturbances in meaning-generating self-narratives. Autobiographical memories are memories of personal events that provide crucial building-blocks in our construction of a life-story, self-concept, and a meaning-generating narrative identity. The cultural life script represents culturally shared expectations as to the order and timing of life events in a prototypical life course within a given culture. It is used to organize one's autobiographical memories. Here, 17 BPD-patients, 14 OCD-patients, and 23 non-clinical controls generated three important autobiographical memories and their conceptions of the cultural life script. BPD-patients reported substantially more negative memories, fewer of their memories were of prototypical life script events, their memory narratives were less coherent and more disoriented, and the overall typicality of their life scripts was lower as compared with the other two groups.
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Lemogne C, Piolino P, Jouvent R, Allilaire JF, Fossati P. [Episodic autobiographical memory in depression: a review]. Encephale 2011; 32:781-8. [PMID: 17099603 DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7006(06)76231-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Autobiographical memory and personal identity (self) are linked by a reciprocal relationship. Autobiographical memory is critical for both grounding and changing the self. Individuals' current self-views, beliefs, and goals influence their recollections of the past. According to Tulving, episodic memory is characterized by autonoetic consciousness, which is associated with a sense of the self in the past (emotions and goals) and mental reliving of an experience. Its close relationship with self and emotion strongly involves episodic autobiographical memory in the psychopathology of depression. However, due to methodological and conceptual issues, little attention has been paid to episodic autobiographical memory in depression. Since the seminal work of Williams et al. 15 years ago, there is now growing interest around this issue. LITERATURE FINDINGS We reviewed the evidence for three major features of autobiographical memory functioning in depression: an increase in general memory retrieval (overgenerality), a mood-congruent memory effect and the high occurrence of intrusive memories of stressful events. Although it was first observed among suicidal patients, overgenerality is actually associated with both depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Overgenerality is not associated with anxious disorders other than post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or borderline personality disorder. Most of controlled studies carried out on autobiographical memory in depression rely on the Williams' Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT). When presented with positive and negative cue words and asked to retrieve specific personal events, depressed patients (unlike matched controls) are less specific in their memories. They tend to recall repeated events (categorical overgeneral memories) rather than single episodes (specific memories). Overgenerality in depression is: 1) more evident with positive than with negative events (mood-congruent memory effect); 2) related to avoidance of intrusive memories; 3) quite stable over time, ie, remaining after remission; and 4) related to short-term prognosis in depression. Although it is not clear whether overgenerality is a cause or an effect of depression, there is some evidence to suggest that overgenerality is a trait marker indicating vulnerability to persistent depression. Mood-congruent effect, a well-known effect in depression, has been addressed in both autobio-graphical and non-autobiographical memory. Depressed patients spontaneously recall more negative than positive memories. With the AMT, depressed patients take longer to respond to positive than to negative cues, whereas controls do the opposite. Depression is also associated with a high occurrence of spontaneous intrusive memories of stressful life events. Studies found intrusions and related avoidance, as measured by the Impact of Event Scale, to be positively correlated with overgenerality, whereas there was no direct link between performance on the Autobiographical Memory Test and stressful life events per se. Both Williams' mnemonic interlock model and Conway's self-memory system are useful models to address the complexity of findings regarding autobiographical memory and depression. DISCUSSION According to Williams, repeated avoidance of stressful memories leads depressed patients to have an autobiographical memory functioning characterized by iterative retrievals of categorical overgeneral memories, producing an enduring overgeneral retrieval style. According to Conway, the recollection of autobiographical memories requires a retrieval process that provides access to sensory/perceptual event-specific knowledge (ie perceptions and feelings) via a personal semantic knowledge base (ie lifetime periods and generic events). This retrieval process (generative retrieval mode) relies on both executive functioning and current self-view, namely the working-self. Spontaneous memories, usually vivid, result from a direct retrieval mode in which event-specific knowledge is directly triggered. In line with this model, episodic autobiographical memory impairment in state depression may arise from the working self rather than from autobiographical knowledge. The mood-congruent effect may be explained by the current (depressed) self. The high occurrence of intrusive memories may be explained by lack of executive control during direct retrieval. Overgenerality may rely on the interaction of both executive dysfunction and current (depressed) self, within the working-self, during generative retrieval. Our review suggests that further evidence is needed to address the relationship between executive functioning, self and autobiographical memory in depression.
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- C Lemogne
- Unité CNRS 7593, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris
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Renaud S. [Understanding dissociation in patients with borderline personality disorder]. SANTE MENTALE AU QUEBEC 2011; 36:217-242. [PMID: 21983912 DOI: 10.7202/1005822ar] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Dissociation is a disturbing psychiatric concept fraught with controversy. It is however encountered in clinical contexts and has to be understood by clinicians. This article based on a Pubmed/Ovid on line research with key words dissociation and borderline personality disorder and other references, describes the clinical aspects of the dissociative phenomena in patients with borderline personality disorder. Psychodynamic hypotheses and neurophysiological data are examined to explain dissociation. Neurophysiological and neuroanatomical variables provided by cerebral imagery controlled studies support hypotheses brought forward. The article concludes with a defence mechanism developed within a context of biological predisposition, deprived psychological development and in reaction to trauma. In conclusion, emerging psychotherapeutic solutions are summarized.
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Mowlds W, Shannon C, McCusker CG, Meenagh C, Robinson D, Wilson A, Mulholland C. Autobiographical memory specificity, depression, and trauma in bipolar disorder. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2010; 49:217-33. [DOI: 10.1348/014466509x454868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Reid T, Startup M. Autobiographical memory specificity in borderline personality disorder: associations with co-morbid depression and intellectual ability. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2010; 49:413-20. [PMID: 20211055 DOI: 10.1348/014466510x487059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The results of studies of autobiographical recall in borderline personality disorder (BPD) have so far been inconsistent. The aims of the present study were to clarify this relationship by comparing memory specificity in BPD individuals, both with and without comorbid depression, to healthy controls; and to test whether differences between BPD individuals and healthy controls are mediated by differences in general intelligence and years of education. METHOD Depressed (N=22) and non-depressed (N=9) patients who met criteria for BPD were matched by age and gender with healthy controls (N=29). All were assessed with the Autobiographical Memory Test and the National Adult Reading Test. RESULTS No difference in memory specificity was found among people with BPD between those who had a comorbid diagnosis of major depression disorder and those who did not. Individuals with BPD were less specific than controls but the relationship between memory specificity and borderline diagnosis was largely mediated by group differences in IQ and education. CONCLUSIONS Differences in autobiographical specificity between patients with BPD and healthy controls may be due not to borderline disorder nor current major depression but to differences in cognitive ability.
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- Tamar Reid
- University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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Valence of autobiographical memories: the role of mood, cognitive reappraisal, and suppression. Behav Res Ther 2009; 48:335-40. [PMID: 19962128 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Revised: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The selective recall of positive memories is thought to be an effective mood repair technique, but little research has examined individual differences in the motivation or ability to implement this strategy. This study examined factors considered likely to impact valenced memory recall: dysphoria and emotion regulation strategies (i.e., cognitive reappraisal and suppression). Dysphoria was related to memory negativity but not positivity, whereas cognitive reappraisal was associated with positivity but not negativity. Suppression was not reliably related to the valence of self-reported memories, but was associated with increased accessibility of negative memories, as indicated by a response time measure. Our results indicate a relationship between cognitive reappraisal and more positive memory and suggest that the experience of dysphoria is more strongly related to negativity than positivity of memory. Our findings highlight the utility of examining emotion regulatory variables, in addition to mood, in the study of valenced memory recall, and underscore the importance of including both behavioral and self-report memory measures.
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Wisco BE, Nolen-Hoeksema S. The Interaction of Mood and Rumination in Depression: Effects on Mood Maintenance and Mood-Congruent Autobiographical Memory. JOURNAL OF RATIONAL-EMOTIVE AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOR THERAPY 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10942-009-0096-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Maurex L, Lekander M, Nilsonne A, Andersson EE, Asberg M, Ohman A. Social problem solving, autobiographical memory, trauma, and depression in women with borderline personality disorder and a history of suicide attempts. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2009; 49:327-42. [PMID: 19555523 DOI: 10.1348/014466509x454831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The primary aim of this study was to compare the retrieval of autobiographical memory and the social problem-solving performance of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and a history of suicide attempts, with and without concurrent diagnoses of depression and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to that of controls. Additionally, the relationships between autobiographical memory, social problem-solving skills, and various clinical characteristics were examined in the BPD group. DESIGN Individuals with BPD who had made at least two suicide attempts were compared to controls with regard to specificity of autobiographical memory and social problem-solving skills. Autobiographical memory specificity and social problem-solving skills were further studied in the BPD group by comparing depressed participants to non-depressed participants; and autobiographical memory specificity was also studied by comparing participants with and without PTSD. METHOD A total of 47 women with a diagnosis of BPD and 30 controls completed the Autobiographical Memory Test, assessing memory specificity, and the means-end problem solving-procedure, measuring social problem-solving skills. The prevalence of suicidal/self-injurious behaviour, and the exposure to violence, was also assessed in the BPD group. RESULTS Compared to controls, participants with BPD showed reduced specificity of autobiographical memory, irrespective of either concurrent depression, previous depression, or concurrent PTSD. The depressed BPD group displayed poor problem-solving skills. Further, an association between unspecific memory and poor problem-solving was displayed in the BPD group. CONCLUSION Our results confirmed that reduced specificity of autobiographical memory is an important characteristic of BPD individuals with a history of suicide attempt, independent of depression, or PTSD. Reduced specificity of autobiographical memory was further related to poor social problem-solving capacity in the BPD group.
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- Liselotte Maurex
- Section of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Haaland VØ, Landrø NI. Pathological dissociation and neuropsychological functioning in borderline personality disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2009; 119:383-92. [PMID: 19120046 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01323.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Transient, stress-related severe dissociative symptoms or paranoid ideation is one of the criteria defining the borderline personality disorder (BPD). Examinations of the neuropsychological correlates of BPD reveal various findings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between dissociation and neuropsychological functioning in patients with BPD. METHOD The performance on an extensive neuropsychological battery of patients with BPD with (n=10) and without (n=20) pathological dissociation was compared with that of healthy controls (n=30). RESULTS Patients with pathological dissociation were found to have reduced functioning on every neuropsychological domain when compared with healthy controls. Patients without pathological dissociation were found to have reduced executive functioning, but no other differences were found. CONCLUSION Pathological dissociation is a clinical variable that differentiates patients with BPD with regard to cognitive functioning.
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- V Ø Haaland
- Department of Psychiatry, Sørlandet Hospital HF, Kristiansand, Norway.
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Reisch T, Ebner-Priemer UW, Tschacher W, Bohus M, Linehan MM. Sequences of emotions in patients with borderline personality disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2008; 118:42-8. [PMID: 18582346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01222.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate sequences of emotions (temporal dependence of emotions) to identify specific patterns of borderline personality disorder (BPD). METHOD The perceived emotions of 50 BPD patients and 50 healthy controls (HC) were monitored by using a hand-held computer system for a 24-h period in a daily life setting. Participants were prompted four times per hour to assess their current perceived emotions. Differences between BPD patients and HC in terms of activation, persistence and down-regulation of emotions were analyzed. RESULTS Healthy controls in contrast to BPD patients more often activated joy and interest. BPD patients more often experienced persistence of anxiety and sadness. BPD patients more frequently switched from anxiety to sadness, from anxiety to anger and from sadness to anxiety. Anger was predominantly preceded by anxiety. CONCLUSION Persistence of sadness and anxiety, as well as emotional oscillating between anxiety, sadness and anger are important aspects of the emotional dysregulation in BPD patients.
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- T Reisch
- University Psychiatric Services, Bern, Switzerland.
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Kleim B, Ehlers A. Reduced autobiographical memory specificity predicts depression and posttraumatic stress disorder after recent trauma. J Consult Clin Psychol 2008; 76:231-42. [PMID: 18377120 PMCID: PMC2672050 DOI: 10.1037/0022-006x.76.2.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2006] [Revised: 01/03/2008] [Accepted: 01/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this prospective longitudinal study, the authors examined the relationship between reduced specificity in autobiographical memory retrieval and the development of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and specific phobia after injury in an assault. Assault survivors (N = 203) completed the Autobiographical Memory Test (J. M. G. Williams & K. Broadbent, 1986) at 2 weeks after the trauma as well as structured clinical interviews at 2 weeks and 6 months. Participants with acute stress disorder or major depression at 2 weeks, but not those with phobia, retrieved fewer specific autobiographical memories than those without the respective disorder. Reduced memory specificity at 2 weeks also predicted subsequent PTSD and major depression at 6 months over and above what could be predicted from initial diagnoses and symptom severity. Moderator analyses showed that low memory specificity predicted later depression in participants with prior episodes of major depression but not in those without prior depression. Mediation analyses suggested that rumination partly mediated and perceived permanent change fully mediated the effects of low memory specificity on posttrauma psychopathology at follow-up.
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- Birgit Kleim
- Department of Psychology, King's College, London, United Kingdom.
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Stiglmayr CE, Ebner-Priemer UW, Bretz J, Behm R, Mohse M, Lammers CH, Anghelescu IG, Schmahl C, Schlotz W, Kleindienst N, Bohus M. Dissociative symptoms are positively related to stress in borderline personality disorder. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2008; 117:139-47. [PMID: 18028248 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01126.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE According to DSM-IV criteria, dissociative symptoms in borderline personality disorder (BPD) occur in response to stress. Empirical evidence is, however, lacking. METHOD Using ambulatory monitoring, we assessed dissociative symptoms and subjective ratings of stress every 60 min for 48 h on a palmtop computer in BPD-patients (n = 51), clinical controls (CC; major depression n = 25; panic disorder n = 26), and healthy controls (HC; n = 40). Data analyses were primarily based on hierarchical linear models. RESULTS In all groups, states of increased stress were paralleled by increased scores of dissociation, thus confirming the hypothesized association between stress and dissociation. The increase in dissociation was more pronounced in BPD-patients when compared with CC and HC. Additionally, BPD-patients reported heightened dissociative experience compared with CC and HC, even after controlling for stress. CONCLUSION Our data suggest that BPD-patients might be prone to dissociation when experiencing stress and are characterized by a generally heightened level of dissociation.
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- C E Stiglmayr
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Sutherland K, Bryant RA. Rumination and overgeneral autobiographical memory. Behav Res Ther 2007; 45:2407-16. [PMID: 17506978 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2006] [Revised: 03/25/2007] [Accepted: 03/27/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Two studies investigated the effects of rumination on the retrieval of autobiographical memories in high-depressed and low-depressed individuals. Experiment 1 administered either a rumination or distraction task prior to a cued autobiographical memory task. High-depressed participants recalled more overgeneral memories following rumination relative to distraction, whereas experimental inductions did not influence low-depressed participants. Experiment 2 administered either a positive or negative rumination task prior to a cued autobiographical memory task. Negatively valenced rumination led high-depressed participants to recall more overgeneral memories than positively valenced rumination; this effect was not observed in low-depressed participants. These findings accord with the proposal that rumination is a mediating mechanism in the retrieval of overgeneral memories, and extends this proposal by indicating that negatively valenced ruminative content is particularly instrumental in inducing overgeneral retrieval.
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- Kylie Sutherland
- School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Spinhoven P, Bockting CLH, Kremers IP, Schene AH, Mark J, Williams G. The endorsement of dysfunctional attitudes is associated with an impaired retrieval of specific autobiographical memories in response to matching cues. Memory 2007; 15:324-38. [PMID: 17454668 PMCID: PMC2796566 DOI: 10.1080/09658210701256555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/29/2022]
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Two studies investigated a hypothesis of Dalgleish et al. (2003) that overgeneral memory may arise from matching between task cues and dysfunctional attitudes or schemas. In the first study, 111 euthymic patients with at least two previous major depressive episodes completed the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale: Form A (DAS-A) and the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT). In the second study, 82 patients with a borderline personality disorder completed the Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ) and the same version of the AMT. In both studies, patients retrieved less specific autobiographical memories in response to cue words that matched highly endorsed attitudes or schemas. These results suggest that an impaired retrieval of specific memories may be the result of certain cues activating generic, higher-order mental representations.
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- Philip Spinhoven
- Department of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Yoshizumi T, Murase S, Murakami T, Takai J. Dissociation as a mediator between perceived parental rearing style and depression in an adult community population using college students. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bray S, Barrowclough C, Lobban F. The social problem-solving abilities of people with borderline personality disorder. Behav Res Ther 2007; 45:1409-17. [PMID: 16919235 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 06/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Interventions for people suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD), such as dialectical behaviour therapy, often include a problem-solving component. However, there is an absence of published studies examining the problem-solving abilities of this client group. In this study, the social problem-solving (SPS) abilities of three groups of participants were assessed: a BPD group (n=25), a clinical control (CC) group (n=25) procedure and a non-clinical control (NCC) group (n=25). SPS ability was assessed using the means-end problem-solving (MEPS) procedure and the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R). The BPD group exhibited deficits in their SPS abilities, however the majority of these deficits were not specific to the BPD group but were also found in the CC group, indicating that a common factor between these two groups, such as negative affect, may account for these observed deficits. Specific SPS deficits were identified in the BPD group: they provided less specific solutions on the MEPS and reported higher levels of negative problem orientation and a more impulsive/carelessness style towards solving social problems. The results of this study provide empirical support for the use of problem-solving interventions with people suffering from BPD.
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- Stephanie Bray
- Academic Division of Clinical Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, Rutherford House, Manchester Science Park, Lloyd Street North, Manchester M15 6SZ, UK.
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Schönfeld S, Ehlers A, Böllinghaus I, Rief W. Overgeneral memory and suppression of trauma memories in post-traumatic stress disorder. Memory 2007; 15:339-52. [PMID: 17454669 DOI: 10.1080/09658210701256571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The study investigated the relationship between the suppression of trauma memories and overgeneral memory in 42 assault survivors with and without PTSD. Overgeneral memory (OGM) was assessed with a standard autobiographical memory test (AMT). Participants completed two further AMTs under the instructions to either suppress or not suppress assault memories, in counterbalanced order. Participants with PTSD retrieved fewer and more general memories when following the suppression instruction than participants without PTSD, but not under the control instruction. OGM correlated with PTSD symptom severity, and measures of cognitive avoidance. The results are discussed with reference to current theories of overgeneral memory and its possible relationship with PTSD.
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Eade J, Healy H, Williams JMG, Chan S, Crane C, Barnhofer T. Retrieval of autobiographical memories: The mechanisms and consequences of truncated search. Cogn Emot 2007; 20:351-82. [DOI: 10.1080/02699930500342522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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