Brains of people affected by borderline personality disorder work slow during interactive games that involve exchange of thoughts, says a latest research. To demonstrate the reality, researchers hosted an interactive game between two people with borderline personality disorder and used FMRI devices to reveal the brain malfunction. Borderline personality disorder, according to the researchers, is a common psychological illness affecting an individual’s perceptions about people around him. The study, conducted by the Baylor College of Medicine, is the first in line to identify a physical signature for personality disorders. In the study, around 55 people affected by borderline personality disorder played a give and get game with 55 people without the problem. The participants who belonged to the same age group shared common educational and social backgrounds.

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A team of researchers have now used new approaches to develop an understanding of the activities in key brain areas which play a major role in triggering core difficulties in patients affected by borderline personality disorder. The study, conducted by a team from the New York Presbyterian Hospital, sheds new light on borderline personality disorder. The research has pinpointed the key differences in the neurobiology of healthy individuals versus people with borderline personality disorder as the latter try to direct their behavior negatively. The insights may provide an improved foundation for more targeted therapies in future, the research team further claims.

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A comprehensive form of talk therapy, better known as TFP or Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, might help people with borderline personality disorder by lowering the symptoms and developing their social functioning, says a latest research. Borderline personality disorder is a chronic condition which affects one percent of the American population every year, the study points out further. The major symptoms of BPD include pervasive mood instabilities, self-destructive and impulsive behaviors. The research, conducted by a team from the Weill College of Medicine in conjugation with colleagues at the New York based Binghamton University, analyzed 3 treatments applied to minutely diagnosed patients of borderline personality disorder for about a year.

In a tantalizing revelation, researchers at the Rhode Island Hospital has shown that commonly applied screen techniques for bipolar disorder may erroneously diagnose patients of borderline personality disorder with bipolar disorder. In the study, researchers have questioned the effectiveness of MDQ or Mood Disorder Questionnaire. MDQ is a commonly studied screening technique for bipolar disorder. The brief questionnaire works by analyzing whether the patient under observation displays a few of the characteristic traits of bipolar disorder. The tool can either be administered by the clinic staff or used by patients on their own. In conducting their study, the research team scored the MDQ.

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Close to 80 percent of psychiatric nurses are of the opinion that people affected with borderline personality disorder do not receive adequate care, despite the fact that one out of every fifty adults gets affected by the condition. In the study, 98 percent of nurses admitted that service shortage played a crucial role in augmenting inadequate care. 83 percent, however, said that differences of opinion between staff contributed to people with BPD not receiving their share of care. The study, conducted by researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, found that 27 percent of the nurses who were interviewed had regular contact with BPD patients.

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