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  • Title: Neuropsychological function in borderline personality disorder.
    Author: Swirsky-Sacchetti T, Gorton G, Samuel S, Sobel R, Genetta-Wadley A, Burleigh B.
    Journal: J Clin Psychol; 1993 May; 49(3):385-96. PubMed ID: 8315042.
    Abstract:
    To evaluate the possibility of an underlying dimension of organicity in borderline personality disorder (BPD), a carefully diagnosed group of borderline patients was assessed across a wide range of neuropsychological functions and then was compared to an age- and education-matched non-patient control group. The BPD group had significantly lower Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQ scores on the WAIS-R. The BPD group also was impaired significantly on motor skills, figural memory, complex visuomotor integration, social or interpersonal intelligence, and on a measure of susceptibility to interference. This pattern of deficits localized to the fronto-temporal regions and became more pronounced when a subgroup analysis was performed. This study suggests that subtle organic factors may be operative in some, but not all, BPD patients.
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