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Subjective memory complaints and memory performance in patients with borderline personality disorder

BACKGROUND: It is still a matter of debate as to whether patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) suffer from memory deficits. Existing studies indicate no or small impairments in memory test performance. However, it was shown in patients with related disorders, such as depression, that s...

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Autores principales: Beblo, Thomas, Mensebach, Christoph, Wingenfeld, Katja, Rullkoetter, Nina, Schlosser, Nicole, Driessen, Martin
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0255-2
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author Beblo, Thomas
Mensebach, Christoph
Wingenfeld, Katja
Rullkoetter, Nina
Schlosser, Nicole
Driessen, Martin
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Mensebach, Christoph
Wingenfeld, Katja
Rullkoetter, Nina
Schlosser, Nicole
Driessen, Martin
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description BACKGROUND: It is still a matter of debate as to whether patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) suffer from memory deficits. Existing studies indicate no or small impairments in memory test performance. However, it was shown in patients with related disorders, such as depression, that self-reported impairment exceeds test malfunction. In the present study we assessed memory performance of BPD patients through the use of memory tests and a questionnaire for subjective memory complaints (SMC) in everyday life. METHODS: Thirty-two patients with BPD and 32 healthy control subjects were included in the study. The groups of subjects were comparable with respect to age, education, and gender. Subjects completed verbal and nonverbal memory tests, as well as the everyday memory questionnaire (EMQ). RESULTS: BPD patients reported severe SMC but did not show memory test impairment. The results remained stable even when all BPD patients with acute or lifetime depression comorbidity were excluded from analyses. In both groups, SMC and test performances were not related but in BPD patients SMC were related to BPD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate memory impairment of BPD patients in everyday life. However, it cannot be ruled out that increased memory complaints result from patients’ negative self-perception. Future research needs to clarify the reasons for memory complaints of BPD patients.
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spelling pubmed-41728272014-09-25 Subjective memory complaints and memory performance in patients with borderline personality disorder Beblo, Thomas Mensebach, Christoph Wingenfeld, Katja Rullkoetter, Nina Schlosser, Nicole Driessen, Martin BMC Psychiatry Research Article BACKGROUND: It is still a matter of debate as to whether patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) suffer from memory deficits. Existing studies indicate no or small impairments in memory test performance. However, it was shown in patients with related disorders, such as depression, that self-reported impairment exceeds test malfunction. In the present study we assessed memory performance of BPD patients through the use of memory tests and a questionnaire for subjective memory complaints (SMC) in everyday life. METHODS: Thirty-two patients with BPD and 32 healthy control subjects were included in the study. The groups of subjects were comparable with respect to age, education, and gender. Subjects completed verbal and nonverbal memory tests, as well as the everyday memory questionnaire (EMQ). RESULTS: BPD patients reported severe SMC but did not show memory test impairment. The results remained stable even when all BPD patients with acute or lifetime depression comorbidity were excluded from analyses. In both groups, SMC and test performances were not related but in BPD patients SMC were related to BPD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate memory impairment of BPD patients in everyday life. However, it cannot be ruled out that increased memory complaints result from patients’ negative self-perception. Future research needs to clarify the reasons for memory complaints of BPD patients. BioMed Central 2014-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4172827/ /pubmed/25214199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0255-2 Text en © Beblo et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0255-2
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