The neuro-endocrine scars of of sustained childhood abuse in adult female patients with borderline personality disorder

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Part 1 Introduction and Scope of the Thesis

Chapter 1.1 Introduction

chapter 1.2 Scope of the Thesis

Part 2 Central Serotonergic Function in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder in Relation to Sustained Childhood Abuse

Chapter 2.1 Serotonergic Blunting to meta-Chlorophenylpiperazine (m-CPP) Highly Correlates with sustained Childhood Abuse in impulsive and Autoaggressive Female Borderline Patients

Chapter 2.2. Fluvoxamine Treatment does not Affect Blunted Neuro-endocrine Responses to m-Chlorophenylpiperazine in Female BPD Patients

Part 3 Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function and SSRI Treatment in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder in Relation to Sustained Childhood Abuse, Major Depressive Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Chapter 3.1 Hyperresponsiveness of Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis to Combined Dexamethasone / Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Challenge in Female Borderline Personality Disorder Patients with a History of Sustained Childhood Abuse

Chapter 3.2 Fluvoxamine Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Randomized Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial with Female BPD Patients

Chapter 3.3 Fluvoxamine Reduces Hyperresponsiveness of HPA-Axis in Adult Female BPD Patients with a History of Sustained Childhood Abuse

Part 4 General Discussion and Summary

General Discussion

Summary

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