Reductions in Whole-body Ownership in Borderline Personality Disorder – A Phenomenological Manifestation of Dissociation
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation March 1, 2020 A. Löffler, N. Kleindienst, S. Cackowski et al.
ABSTRACT Body ownership, i.e., the certainty that own body parts belongs to oneself, is a fundamental feature of self-consciousness. Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often show symptoms of dissociation, describing a state of detachment from reality including their own body. However, up to now, there is no study that a) quantifies body ownership experiences in BPD, b) compares...