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| M J BohusSummaryAffiliation: University of Freiburg Country: Germany Publications
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Effectiveness of inpatient dialectical behavioral therapy for borderline personality disorder: a controlled trialMartin Bohus
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy with Polyclinic, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Behav Res Ther 42:487-99. 2004..Within a relatively short time frame, improvement was found across a broad range of psychopathological features. Stability of the recovery after one month following discharge, however, was not evaluated and requires further study...
Naltrexone in the treatment of dissociative symptoms in patients with borderline personality disorder: an open-label trialM J Bohus
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 60:598-603. 1999..Evidence suggests that alterations of the endogenous opiate system contribute to dissociative symptoms in patients with borderline personality disorder and PTSD...
Evaluation of inpatient dialectical-behavioral therapy for borderline personality disorder--a prospective studyM Bohus
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Behav Res Ther 38:875-87. 2000..A highly significant decrease in the number of parasuicidal acts was also reported. Analysis of the average effect sizes shows a strong effect which prompts the development of a randomized controlled design...
Pain perception during self-reported distress and calmness in patients with borderline personality disorder and self-mutilating behaviorM Bohus
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstr 5, D 79104, Freiburg, Germany
Psychiatry Res 95:251-60. 2000..This may reflect a state-independent increased pain threshold which is further elevated during stress. Interpretation of these findings is limited by their reliance upon self-reports...
[Development of the Borderline Symptom List]M Bohus
Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie mit Poliklinik der Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 51:201-11. 2001..Factor analyses revealed seven factors: self-image, affect regulation, autoaggression, dysthymia, social isolation, intrusions and hostility. Analyses of reliability and validity revealed promising results...
[Symptom-focussed drug therapy in borderline personality disorder]C Schmahl
Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie mit Poliklinik, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychosomatik, Freiburg
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 69:310-21. 2001..Intermittent psychotic symptoms are a target for atypical neuroleptics. Benzodiazepines are no longer viewed to be useful in the treatment of BPD...
[Examination of body concept of female patients with borderline personality disorder]B Haaf
Klinikum der Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychosomatik, Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie mit Poliklinik
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 51:246-54. 2001..Correlations between self-concept (Giessen-Test) and body concept as well as clinical implications of these findings are discussed...
Subtle prefrontal neuropathology in a pilot magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in patients with borderline personality disorderL T van Elst
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 13:511-4. 2001..01) compared with control subjects...
Evidence of disturbed amygdalar energy metabolism in patients with borderline personality disorderL Tebartz van Elst
South German Brain Imaging Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical School, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
Neurosci Lett 417:36-41. 2007..This pilot study of simultaneous amygdalar morphometry and spectroscopy in BPD reveals a possible link between amygdalar volume loss, psychopathology and neurochemical abnormalities in terms of creatine signals...
Positron emission tomography in female patients with borderline personality disorderF D Juengling
Department of Nuclear Medicine, PET Group, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hugstetterstr. 55, D-79106, Freiburg, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 37:109-15. 2003..Dysfunction in this network of brain regions, which has been implicated in the regulation of emotion, may underlie symptoms of BPD...
Aversive tension in patients with borderline personality disorder: a computer-based controlled field studyC E Stiglmayr
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
Acta Psychiatr Scand 111:372-9. 2005..CONCLUSION: The study provides support for the theory that patients with BPD experience more frequent, stronger, and longer-lasting states of aversive tension...
A voxel-based morphometric MRI study in female patients with borderline personality disorderN Rusch
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Neuroimage 20:385-92. 2003..Our findings support the hypothesis that temporolimbic abnormalities play a role in the pathophysiology of BPD. Prefrontal structural alterations in BPD were not observed in this study...
Is the polarity of relapse/recurrence in bipolar-I disorder patients related to serum lithium levels? Results from an empirical studyW E Severus
Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
J Affect Disord 115:466-70. 2009..Preliminary evidence suggests that the polarity of relapse/recurrence (depressive vs. hypomanic/manic/mixed) in bipolar patients on lithium might be related to serum lithium levels...
Decreased agonist-stimulated Ca2+ response in neutrophils from patients under chronic lithium therapyU Förstner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 243:240-3. 1994..The data suggest that lithium treatment inhibits the inositol phospholipid second messenger generating system in human cells and support the results of earlier inositol phosphate measurements in fMLP-stimulated neutrophils...
