%0 Journal Article
%T A trauma-related dissociation model may explain psychopathology of the difficult-to-treat BPD patients
%J Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
%D 2012
%A Bichescu-Burian, Dana Maria
%V 33
%N 
%P 95-99
%X There is a difficult-to-treat core group with severe psychopathology among borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients. Treatment advance for this group calls for extended etiological knowledge. I propose an evolutionarilybased model of trauma-related dissociation that will help explain psychopathology of severe BPD cases and has not yet been investigated in this area. Clinical and neurobiological evidence shows that trauma-related dissociation is a significant factor in the BPD etiology and indicates the model validity. Further evidence and model elaboration should be obtained from clinical and psychophysiological assessments of dissociative phenomena in BPD.<p />
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1877-0428
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.01.090