title: Planning in borderline personality disorder: evidence for distinct subpopulations.
abstract: 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.
authors: Personality Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Hospital of the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. mbustamante@med.uchile.cl
authors: M Leonor
authors: ML
authors: Bustamante
authors: Juana
authors: J
authors: Villarroel
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Francesetti
authors: Matías
authors: M
authors: Ríos
authors: Mauricio
authors: M
authors: Arcos-Burgos
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Jerez
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Iturra
authors: Aldo
authors: A
authors: Solari
authors: Hernán
authors: H
authors: Silva
mesh_terms: 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