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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2018

Please Don't Leave Me-Separation Anxiety and Related Traits in Borderline Personality Disorder.

Swantje Matthies, Miriam A Schiele, Christa Koentges, Stefano Pini, Christian Schmahl, Katharina Domschke

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Borderline personality disorder and moral responsibility.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2025
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  8. [Separation anxiety disorder].Der Nervenarzt · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Swantje MatthiesDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.
Miriam A SchieleDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.
Christa KoentgesDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany.
Stefano PiniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Christian SchmahlDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Katharina DomschkeDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hauptstrasse 5, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany. katharina.domschke@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
University Medical Center Freiburg · DECentral Institute of Mental Health · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Pisa · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewIn light of the apparent symptomatic resemblance of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) symptoms on the one hand and abandonment fears, anxiousness, and separation insecurity central to borderline personality disorder (BPD) on the other hand, a comprehensive overview of separation anxiety and related traits in BPD is provided. RECENT

findingsEpidemiological, environmental, psychological, and neurobiological data connecting BPD to separation events, feelings of loneliness, insecure attachment styles, dimensional separation anxiety as well as SAD per se suggest a partly shared etiological pathway model underlying BPD and SAD. Differential diagnostic aspects and implications for treatment are discussed, highlighting separation anxiety as a promising transdiagnostic target for specific psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment approaches in BPD. This innovative angle on cross-disorder symptomatology might carry potential for novel preventive and therapeutic avenues in clinical practice by guiding the development of interventions specifically targeting separation anxiety and attachment-related issues in BPD.

Indexed as

AnxietyAnxiety, SeparationBorderline Personality DisorderHumansPhenotypeAttachmentBorderline personality disorderfMRIGeneticSADSeparation anxiety

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PMID30155649
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