Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Difficulties in Emotional Functioning in Somatoform Disorders and Borderline Personality Disorder

Annemiek van Dijke, Onno van der Hart, Maarten van Son, Martina Bühring, Peter van der Heijden, Julian D. Ford
To study difficulties in emotional functioning in two mental disorders that have been associated with difficulties in identifying and modulating emotions: borderline personality disorder (BPD) and somatoform disorder (SoD).
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By using a finer-grained perspective on difficulties in emotional functioning some evidence was found for the existence of cognitive-emotional profiles that may provide more clinically relevant information than alexithymia as just a unitary construct. Further research on cognitive-emotional profiles of difficulties in emotional functioning is needed to advance the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Difficulties in Emotional Functioning in Somatoform Disorders and Borderline Personality Disorder

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