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Abstract
The term ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ (BPD) refers to a psychiatric syndrome that is characterized by emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, risk-taking behavior, irritability, feelings of emptiness, self-injury and fear of abandonment, as well as unstable interpersonal relationships. BPD is not only common in psychiatric populations but also more prevalent in the general community than previously thought, and thus represents an important public health issue. BPD has a lifetime prevalence of about 6%. Moreover, BPD is associated with severe suffering and burden on both those who have the disorder and those who are closest to them (Martin Brüne, 2016).
In the last several years, a number of studies have aimed at characterizing neurocognitive alterations in borderline personality disorder (BPD). Although BPD is not regarded as a typically neurocognitive disorder, previous studies proposed that neurocognitive impairments might constitute a key moderator in the development of BPD. The exact nature of such impairments is still under debate. Research suggests the existence of deficits in many cognitive processes, ranging from perceptual speed to memory, attention, and executive functions: that is, an unspecific generalized cognitive impairment (Hagenhoff et al., 2013).
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patients’ characteristic emotion dysregulation and impulsivity becomes increasingly problematic over time due to deficits in their problem-solving abilities. Problem solving incorporates the executive functions, such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, decision-making, and inhibitory control.
Despite their assumed importance in psychotherapy, the executive functions are seldom examined in treatment research.
Another very important aspect is the emotional intelligence in patients with borderline personality disorder, research has found poor emotion management ability and trait was important in BPD and was negatively related to all BPD features/criteria (Gardner and Qualter, 2009). Poor emotional understanding was also important.
Our study aimed to better understand the affected cognitive domains and the inpatients with BPD in comparison with controls thus determining the role neurocognitive function play in the presentation of borderline personality disorder. Furthermore, we looked at the difference in the emotional intelligence between cases and controls w, thus finding a different approach in treating borderline personality from all aspects and improving their quality of life.
The current study recruited two groups (cases and control); for the cases, 40 of the patients admitted to the Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, aged 18-45 years, fulfilling the diagnosis of Borderline Personality disorder according to the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID II), were recruited to participate in the study. As for the control group, 50 apparently healthy groups of subjects were recruited from patients’ visitors and relatives in the general medical hospital, faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. All subjects were assessed using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) to diagnose and screen for axis 1 diagnosis and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID II) to diagnose the presence of Borderline personality disorder. Both groups were compared using General intellectual abilities using WAIS-R, Executive Functions using Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Attention using The Trail Making Test, Memory functions using Wechsler Memory Scale and finally, Schutte self report emotional intelligence test (SSEIT).