Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Jul 2009
A cross-sectional investigation of discontinuation of self-injury and normalizing pain perception in patients with borderline personality disorder.
Several studies have shown reduced pain perception in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and current self-injurious behavior (SIB). The aim of the present study was to test whether pain perception in patients with current SIB is different from that of patients who had stopped SIB, and whether pain perception of the latter group differs from healthy controls (HC). ⋯ The results suggest an association between the termination of SIB, decline of psychopathology and normalization of pain perception in borderline patients.