Personality disordersOctober 29, 2026Noa Steinberg, Tom Livni, Rotem Moshe-Cohen et al.
Mentalizing-the capacity to consider mental states-is a core human ability, yet processes related to it remain poorly understood. Mindfulness has been proposed as functionally related to mentalizing, but the nature and direction of this relation remain unclear. Although both are relevant to borderline personality disorder (BPD), research has rarely examined them together. This study examined...
Personality disordersMarch 1, 2025Annette Löffler, Dieter Kleinböhl, Dorothee Maria Gescher et al.
Dissociation describes a state of altered consciousness in which self-related functions are no longer integrated. In its extreme form, the self is perceived as detached from the physical body, resulting in so-called out-of-body experiences (OBEs). It has been previously proposed that altered bottom-up sensory integration contributes to this kind of dissociative self-experience, which is...
Despite research supporting the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder (BPD), few studies have examined how DBT leads to clinical change. DBT is theorized to lead to improved clinical outcomes by enhancing the capacity for emotion regulation, including improvement in skills (e.g., mindfulness and distress tolerance) for managing emotional...