Symptoms and EEG Findings in the Borderline Syndrome
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
- Vol. 15 (3) , 201-211
- https://doi.org/10.2190/3y0c-hauk-04jx-gbpn
Abstract
Symptomatology and electroencephalographic abnormalities were examined in thirty-nine individuals with borderline personality disorder, compared with twenty unipolar depressed patients. Borderline individuals showed a much higher incidence of symptoms commonly seen in complex partial seizures or episodic dyscontrol, and in addition had a much higher incidence of EEG abnormalities, particularly posterior sharp activity. These findings suggest that neurophysiological dysfunction may contribute to the borderline syndrome.Keywords
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