TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Pain assessment in self-injurious patients with borderline personality disorder using signal detection theory
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Kemperman, I.
A1  - Russ, M. J.
A1  - Clark, W. C.
A1  - Kakuma, T.
A1  - Zanine, E.
A1  - Harrison, K.
SP  - 175
EP  - 183
VL  - 70
IS  - 3
N2  - Signal detection theory measures of thermal responsivity were examined to determine whether differences in reported pain experienced during self-injurious behavior in female patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are explained by neurosensory factors and/or attitudinal factors (response bias). Female patients with BPD who do not experience pain during self-injury (BPD-NP group) were found to discriminate more poorly between noxious thermal stimuli of similar intensity, low P(A), than female patients with BPD who experience pain during self-injury (BPD-P group), female patients with BPD who do not have a history of self-injury (BPD-C group), and age-matched normal women. The BPD-NP group also had a higher response criterion, B (more stoical) than the BPD-C group. These findings suggest that 'analgesia' during self-injury in patients with BPD is related to both neurosensory and attitudinal/psychological abnormalities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -