What impact can brain stimulation interventions have on borderline personality disorder?

INTRODUCTION: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder characterized by emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, neuropsychological impairment, and interpersonal instability, presenting with multiple psychiatric comorbidities, functional disability and reduced life expectancy due suicidal behaviors.

AREAS COVERED: In this perspective, the authors explore the application of noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) (rTMS, tDCS, and MST) in BPD individuals by considering a symptom-based approach, focusing on general BPD psychopathology, impulsivity and neuropsychological impairments, suicidality and depressive/anxious symptoms, and emotion dysregulation.

EXPERT OPINION: According to a symptoms-based approach, NIBS interventions (particularly rTMS and tDCS) are promising treatment options for BPD individuals improving core symptoms such as emotional and behavioral dysregulation, neuropsychological impairments and depressive symptoms. However, the heterogeneity of stimulation protocols and of assessment tools used to detect these changes limits the possibility to provide definitive recommendations according to a symptom-based approach. To implement such armamentarium in clinical practice, future NIIBS studies should further consider a lifespan perspective due to clinical variability over time, the role of psychiatric comorbidities affecting BPD individuals and the need to combine NIBS with specialized psychotherapeutic approaches for BPD patients and with functional neuroimaging studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Expert review of neurotherapeutics - 24(2024), 4 vom: 11. März, Seite 343-360

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lisoni, Jacopo [VerfasserIn]
Nibbio, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Baldacci, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Cicale, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Zucchetti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Bertoni, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Calzavara Pinton, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Necchini, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Deste, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Barlati, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Vita, Antonio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Borderline personality disorder
Depressive symptoms
Emotion regulation
Impulsivity
Journal Article
NIBS
RTMS
Suicidality
TDCS

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Date Completed 12.03.2024

Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14737175.2024.2316133

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368391973