Planning in borderline personality disorder: evidence for distinct subpopulations.
OBJECTIVE
Borderline personality disorder is a severe mental disorder, whereas previous studies suggest executive functions may be impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate executive planning in a sample of 85 individuals.


METHODS
Planning was assessed by means of the Tower of London (Drexel University version) task. Latent class cluster analysis models were adjusted to the data.


RESULTS
We identified two different subpopulations of borderline personality disorder patients, one of them with significantly reduced performance. CONCLUSION;. Neuropsychological mechanisms may be involved in borderline personality disorder, at least in a subgroup of patients.
Bustamante
M Leonor
ML
Personality Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. mbustamante@med.uchile.cl
Villarroel
Juana
J
Francesetti
Valeria
V
Ríos
Matías
M
Arcos-Burgos
Mauricio
M
Jerez
Sonia
S
Iturra
Patricia
P
Solari
Aldo
A
Silva
Hernán
H
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D011930:Reaction Time; D012016:Reference Values