Training in Cognitive Reappraisal Normalizes Whole-Brain Indices of Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder.
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging
; 9(8): 819-826, 2024 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the prototypical disorder of emotion dysregulation. We have previously shown that patients with BPD are impaired in their capacity to engage cognitive reappraisal, a frequently employed adaptive emotion regulation strategy.METHODS:
Here, we report on the efficacy of longitudinal training in cognitive reappraisal to enhance emotion regulation in patients with BPD. Specifically, the training targeted psychological distancing, a reappraisal tactic whereby negative stimuli are viewed dispassionately as though experienced by an objective, impartial observer. At each of 5 sessions over 2 weeks, 22 participants with BPD (14 female) and 22 healthy control participants (13 female) received training in psychological distancing and then completed a widely used picture-based reappraisal task. Self-reported negative affect ratings and functional magnetic resonance imaging data were acquired at the first and fifth sessions. In addition to behavioral analyses, we performed whole-brain pattern expression analyses using independently defined patterns for negative affect and cognitive reappraisal implementation for each session.RESULTS:
Patients with BPD showed a decrease in negative affect pattern expression following reappraisal training, reflecting a normalization in neural activity. However, they did not show significant change in behavioral self-reports.CONCLUSIONS:
To our knowledge, this study represents the first longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging examination of task-based cognitive reappraisal training. Using a brief, proof-of-concept design, the results suggest a potential role for reappraisal training in the treatment of patients with BPD.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Trastorno de Personalidad Limítrofe
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Encéfalo
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Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Regulación Emocional
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos