C Schmahl

Summary

Affiliation: University of Freiburg
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi [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
  2. ncbi Neurobiological correlates of borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    Psychopharmacol Bull 36:69-87. 2002
  3. ncbi Magnetic resonance imaging of hippocampal and amygdala volume in women with childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    Psychiatry Res 122:193-8. 2003
  4. ncbi A voxel-based morphometric MRI study in female patients with borderline personality disorder
    N Rusch
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
    Neuroimage 20:385-92. 2003
  5. ncbi Naloxone in the treatment of acute dissociative states in female patients with borderline personality disorder
    A Philipsen
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 37:196-9. 2004
  6. ncbi Positron emission tomography in female patients with borderline personality disorder
    F 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
  7. ncbi Higher cortisol levels following exposure to traumatic reminders in abuse-related PTSD
    Bernet M Elzinga
    Section of Clinical and Health Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
    Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1656-65. 2003
  8. ncbi A positron emission tomography study of memories of childhood abuse in borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
    Biol Psychiatry 55:759-65. 2004
  9. ncbi Psychophysiological reactivity to traumatic and abandonment scripts in borderline personality and posttraumatic stress disorders: a preliminary report
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, J 5, D 68159 Mannheim, Germany
    Psychiatry Res 126:33-42. 2004
  10. ncbi Neural correlates of memories of abandonment in women with and without borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
    Biol Psychiatry 54:142-51. 2003

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Publications10

  1. ncbi [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...
  2. ncbi Neurobiological correlates of borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    Psychopharmacol Bull 36:69-87. 2002
    ..Genetic and environmental factors lead to brain alterations that are the basis for specific presentations of the disorder, such as self-injurious and impulsive aggressive behavior...
  3. ncbi Magnetic resonance imaging of hippocampal and amygdala volume in women with childhood abuse and borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Hauptstrasse 5, D 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    Psychiatry Res 122:193-8. 2003
    ..9% smaller mean amygdala volume and a 13.1% smaller hippocampal volume, compared to controls. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that alterations in the hippocampus and amygdala are associated with BPD...
  4. ncbi A voxel-based morphometric MRI study in female patients with borderline personality disorder
    N 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...
  5. ncbi Naloxone in the treatment of acute dissociative states in female patients with borderline personality disorder
    A Philipsen
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany
    Pharmacopsychiatry 37:196-9. 2004
    ..Further studies will investigate whether patients benefit from naloxone in a higher dose or whether subgroups of patients with BPD profit from naloxone in acute dissociative states...
  6. ncbi Positron emission tomography in female patients with borderline personality disorder
    F 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...
  7. ncbi Higher cortisol levels following exposure to traumatic reminders in abuse-related PTSD
    Bernet M Elzinga
    Section of Clinical and Health Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands
    Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1656-65. 2003
    ..There was no association between memory performance and cortisol levels. These results are consistent with higher cortisol levels following exposure to traumatic stressors in PTSD...
  8. ncbi A positron emission tomography study of memories of childhood abuse in borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
    Biol Psychiatry 55:759-65. 2004
    ..These brain areas might mediate trauma-related symptoms, such as dissociation or affective instability, in patients with BPD...
  9. ncbi Psychophysiological reactivity to traumatic and abandonment scripts in borderline personality and posttraumatic stress disorders: a preliminary report
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, J 5, D 68159 Mannheim, Germany
    Psychiatry Res 126:33-42. 2004
    ..A divergence in pathophysiology in these two disorders is suggested that may be linked to childhood trauma. However, this interpretation must be tested in a larger population...
  10. ncbi Neural correlates of memories of abandonment in women with and without borderline personality disorder
    Christian G Schmahl
    Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg, Germany
    Biol Psychiatry 54:142-51. 2003
    ..These brain areas may mediate symptoms of BPD...