Correlates of Aggression in Personality Disorders: an Update

Current Psychiatry Reports
Falk ManckeKatja Bertsch

Abstract

This review article aims at giving an update on studies investigating correlates of aggression in personality disorders during the last 5 years. Most data refer to borderline personality disorder (BPD) and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). In BPD, emotion dysregulation, hypersensitivity to interpersonal rejection/threat, increased rumination, increased negative urgency, aggression-related knowledge structures, and invalidation were either corroborated or emerged as psychological correlates of aggression, while reduced ambiguity sensitivity, hyposensitivity to interpersonal threat, and reduced mindfulness were associated with aggression in ASPD. Neurobiologically, alterations of the monoaminooxidase-A-, the oxytocinergic-, and the prefrontal-limbic-system as well as increases of the thyroid hormone T3, γ-aminobutyric acid and several inflammatory markers were associated with increased aggression across various personality disorders. Our understanding of correlates of aggression in personality disorders has increased over the last 5 years. More efforts in improving the conceptualization of personality disorders and aggression are needed to develop innovative treatments for those affected.

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Mar 29, 2020·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Isabella SchneiderKatja Bertsch
May 27, 2021·Brain and Behavior·Vibeke H DamDea Siggaard Stenbaek

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