Given the relevance of child maltreatment for the development and treatment of many
mental disorders, the objective of our study was the psychometric evaluation of the German …

BACKGROUND: Early traumatization and additional posttraumatic stress disorder are frequent
in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The purpose of this study was to …

BACKGROUND: Patients with major depression (MDD) show increased suppression of
negative emotions. Emotion suppression is related to depressive symptoms such as depressive …

Early life stress is said to play a critical role in the development of borderline personality
disorder (BPD) and major depressive disorder (MDD), but the underlying mediating factors …

Background: To date, there has been little research into effective strategies for preventing
the detrimental effects of stigma on the well-being of people with mental illness. Aim: The …

OBJECTIVE: Emotional dysregulation is a key feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD)
with altered inhibitory functions having suggested as being crucial. The anterior cingulate …

Neuropsychological research in patients with affective disorders shows heterogeneous
results with regard to the severity and profile of cognitive impairments. In this paper we …

In healthy individuals, direct eye contact initially leads to activation of a fast subcortical
pathway, which then modulates a cortical route eliciting social cognitive processes. The aim of …

Introduction. Patients with major depression report on severe cognitive deficits but objective
neuropsychological test results indicate rather mild problems. In the present study we aimed …

BACKGROUND: Alterations of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are hallmarks
in major depressive disorder (MDD) and there is some evidence about similar patterns in …