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Mentalizing in Adolescents with Borderline Personality Disorder
Magdalena Uzar1, Monika Dmitrzak-Węglarz2, Agnieszka Słopień1
1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Karol Jonscher Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna 27/33 St., 60-572 Poznan, Poland.
Brain Sciences
|October 28, 2023
Summary
Adolescents with borderline personality disorder show impaired mentalizing abilities. They may overattribute mental states to others (hypermentalizing) and struggle to understand their own inner states.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Mentalizing, the ability to understand behavior via mental states, is crucial for social functioning.
- Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is an emerging concern in adolescent mental health.
- Impaired mentalizing is increasingly linked to various psychiatric conditions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To summarize current knowledge on mentalizing in adolescents with BPD.
- To analyze existing literature on the relationship between BPD and mentalization in young people.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature review of relevant publications.
- Analysis of research on mentalizing capacities in adolescent BPD populations.
Main Results:
- Adolescents with BPD demonstrate impaired mentalizing abilities.
- Evidence suggests a tendency towards hypermentalizing (overattributing mental states) in this group.
- Reduced capacity to mentalize own internal states is also indicated in adolescents with BPD.
Conclusions:
- Mentalizing deficits are present in adolescents with BPD.
- Hypermentalizing is observed but not exclusive to adolescent BPD.
- Adolescents with BPD struggle with self-mentalization, indicating complex mentalizing challenges.
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