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Minimal emotional dysfunctions (MED) in personality disorders

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Linden
M. Linden*
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Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin and the Department of Behavioral Medicine at the Rehabilitation Center Seehof, Lichterfelder Allee 55, Teltow 14513, Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

The concept of minimal emotional dysfunctions (MED) refers to traditional psychopathology in order to describe, classify, and understand personality disorders. Emotional dysfunctions encompass disorders of affect predominance, production, expression, experience, modulation, and regulation. MED can explain the dimensional nature of personality disorders, their multidimensionality and problems with categorical classifications. It can stimulate research on the etiology of personality disorders in reference to modern developmental brain research and trauma psychology. It can guide new developments in pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. It is suggested to focus on MED in future developments of the description and classification of personality disorders.

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Personality disordersEmotionAffectMinimal brain dysfunctionMinimal cerebral dysfunction
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European Psychiatry , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , July 2006 , pp. 325 - 332
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Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2006

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