Soft sign neurological abnormalities in borderline personality disorder and normal control subjects

Patients with borderline personality disorder were found to have a significantly greater number of soft sign neurological abnormalities when compared with a group of normal control subjects. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the presence of two or more soft signs differentiated the two groups stati...

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Published inThe journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 175; no. 3; p. 177
Main Authors Gardner, D, Lucas, P B, Cowdry, R W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1987
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Borderline Personality Disorder - complications
Borderline Personality Disorder - etiology
Borderline Personality Disorder - physiopathology
Female
Humans
Nervous System Diseases - complications
Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis
Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology
Neurologic Examination
Personality Disorders - complications
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Summary:Patients with borderline personality disorder were found to have a significantly greater number of soft sign neurological abnormalities when compared with a group of normal control subjects. Sensitivity analysis revealed that the presence of two or more soft signs differentiated the two groups statistically. The authors speculate that nonfocal soft sign neurological abnormalities may reflect underlying central nervous system dysfunction, which may in turn be associated with the development of borderline personality disorders.
ISSN:0022-3018
DOI:10.1097/00005053-198703000-00009