Pain sensitivity is reduced in borderline personality disorder, but not in posttraumatic stress disorder and bulimia nervosa.

Our results support the hypothesis that reduced pain sensitivity is a prominent feature of BPD, which may differentiate this disorder from other stress-related psychiatric conditions such as PTSD.

CiteULike: Pain sensitivity is reduced in borderline personality disorder, but not in posttraumatic stress disorder and bulimia nervosa.: "Schmahl, C., Meinzer, M., Zeuch, A., Fichter, M., Cebulla, M., Kleindienst, N., Ludäscher, P., Steil, R., and Bohus, M. (2010). Pain sensitivity is reduced in borderline personality disorder, but not in posttraumatic stress disorder and bulimia nervosa. The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, 11(2 Pt 2):364-371."

"Injured civilian survivors of suicide bomb attacks: From partial PTSD to recovery or to traumatisation. Where is the turning point?

SafetyLit: Injury Research and Prevention Literature Update - Abstract Details: "Injured civilian survivors of suicide bomb attacks: From partial PTSD to recovery or to traumatisation. Where is the turning point?
Dolberg OT, Barkai G, Leor A, Rapoport H, Bloch M, Schreiber S. World J Biol Psychiatry 2010; 11(2_2): 344-351."

Book Announcement: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Basic Science and Clinical Practice

Shiromani PJ, Keane TM, and LeDoux JE, eds; Springer-Verlag, New York; February 2009; ISBN: 978-1-60327-328-2; Hardcover, 410 pages

Acute stress leaves epigenetic marks on the hippocampus

According to Richard Hunter from Rockefeller University "a single 30-minute episode of acute stress causes a rapid chemical change in DNA packaging proteins called histones in the rat hippocampus, which is a brain region known to be especially susceptible to the effects of stress in both rodents and humans

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