Posts Tagged ‘ Brain ’

The Neurobiology behind Borderline Personality Disorder

February 17, 2009
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The Neurobiology behind Borderline Personality Disorder

Many studies have focused on investigating the physiological characteristics and the neurobiology of borderline patients in attempt to relate these symptoms with the purely psychological characteristics. A study with 30 young women with Borderline personality disorder that used structural magnetic resonance imaging (3D-MRI) showed that the borderline patients had significantly smaller hippocampus (-17%) and...

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Brain and Development affected after Child Abuse

February 17, 2009
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Brain and Development affected after Child Abuse

The effect of child abuse on the brain and the impact of stress hormones on emotional and cognitive development Maltreatment, no matter whether it is abuse, neglect, abandonment or witnessing violent acts, can lead to enduring negative changes in the still developing brain of a child. Each time there is some sort of trauma,...

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