Citation

Wingenfeld K, Hill A, Adam B, Driessen M. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2007; 61(6): 681-683.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bethel, Ev. Hospital Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany. katja.wingenfeld@evkb.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01728.x

PMID

18081632

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis feedback regulation in 18 female patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and 21 healthy controls. Reduced feedback sensitivity was found in BPD patients with a low number of PTSD symptoms, while findings in the BPD group with a high number of PTSD symptoms did not differ from those in controls. The results suggest a hypo-suppression in the dexamethasone suppression test in BPD with few PTSD symptoms.

Language: en