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EEG Features in Adolescent Patients with Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

A. Iznak*
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Centre, Laboratory Of Neurophysiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
E. Iznak
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Centre, Laboratory Of Neurophysiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
E. Damyanovich
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Centre, Laboratory Of Neurophysiology, Moscow, Russian Federation
E. Krylova
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Centre, Department Of Youth Psychatry, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. Kuleshov
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Centre, Department Of Youth Psychatry, Moscow, Russian Federation
V. Kaleda
Affiliation:
Mental Health Research Centre, Department Of Youth Psychatry, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Personality disorders (PD) in adolescence are widespread. It creates problems of social adaptation of patients and represents significant risk factors for auto-aggressive behavior, including suicidal one. The neurobiological basis and EEG markers of PD in adolescence have not been adequately studied.

Objectives

The aim of the study was to reveal the EEG features and their correlations with clinical parameters in male adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), possibly mediating some aspects of their clinical traits.

Methods

28 BPD patients (301.83, by DSM-5) and 24 NPD patients (301.81, by DSM-5), as well as 24 healthy controls (HC) aged 16-25 years were enrolled in the study. HDRS-21 and HAM-A scales were used for quantitative assessment of patient’s conditions. Pre-treatment resting EEG was recorded, and EEG spectral analysis was carried out in 8 narrow frequency sub-bands. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis of EEG and clinical data were performed.

Results

EEG spectral parameters in BPD group did not differ significantly from those of HC. NPD group shows the EEG signs of more activated brain cortex than in both BPD and norm groups caused by decreased functional state of the anterior cortical regions. The structure of correlations between EEG parameters and clinical scores also differed between BPD and NPD groups.

Conclusions

The data obtained suggests that these features of the brain activity may contribute to the disturbance of emotion regulation and of behavior control in adolescent patients with BPD and NPD, more pronounced in NPD group.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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