Decision making underlying aggression and self-harm following social exclusion by friends: a hyperscanning study in borderline personality disorder

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• Conditions: Borderline Personality Disorder; F60.3; Emotionally unstable personality disorder

• Registration Number: DRKS00034550
• Lead Sponsor: niklinik RWTH Aachen; Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-07-09
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

All participants have no neurological disorders, normal or corrected-to-normal vision and are MRI-compatible.
The healthy participants (friends of the BPD patients) must not have a mental disorder.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for all participants include pregnancy, neurological disorders and MRI incompatibility. MRI incompatibility includes MRI incompatible implants or devices in the body, including metallic or magnetic implants containing iron, cobalt or nickel (e.g. pacemakers, automatic insulin pumps), implanted hearing aids [e.g. cochlear implants], metal endoprostheses, metal parts or metal splinters in the body and magnetically attached dental prostheses. Also excluded are people who suffer from claustrophobia and people with back problems that prevent laying in the scanner for the duration of the experiment without experiencing pain.

Additional exclusion criteria for healthy test subjects (friends of BPD patients) are a history of psychiatric or neurological illness, first-generation psychiatric conditions, drug use, and psychoactive medication.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified