Benedetta Vai, Silvia Cazzetta, Rosalia Scalisi, Alessia Donati, Margherita Bechi, Sara Poletti, Laura Sforzini, Raffaele Visintini, Cesare Maffei, Francesco Benedetti
BACKGROUND: Neuropsychological abnormalities have been proposed to contribute to the development and maintenance of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Previous meta-analyses and reviews confirmed deficits in a broad range of cognitive domains, including attention, cognitive flexibility, memory, executive functions, planning, information processing, and visuospatial abilities, often suggested to underlie brain abnormalities. However, no study directly explored the structural neural correlates of these deficits in BPD, also accounting for the possible confounding effect of pharmacological treatments, often used as adjunctive symptom-targeted therapy in clinical setting...
September 15, 2020: Journal of Affective Disorders