Wandering minds in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and borderline personality disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) have overlapping symptoms. We proposed that excessive spontaneous mind wandering (MW-S) might reflect a component of psychopathology that distinguishes ADHD from BPD. Using a questionnaire measure of MW-S and a...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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September 2020
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European neuropsychopharmacology
Year: 2020, Volume: 38, Pages: 98-109 |
| ISSN: | 1873-7862 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.07.005 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.07.005 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X20302169 
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| Author Notes: | Talar R Moukhtarian, Iris Reinhard, Alfonso Morillas-Romero, Celine Ryckaert, Florence Mowlem, Natali Bozhilova, Paul Moran, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Philip Asherson |
| Summary: | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and borderline personality disorder (BPD) have overlapping symptoms. We proposed that excessive spontaneous mind wandering (MW-S) might reflect a component of psychopathology that distinguishes ADHD from BPD. Using a questionnaire measure of MW-S and an experience sampling method, we investigated MW-S in daily life, in 28 ADHD, 19 BPD, 22 comorbid ADHD+BPD, and 29 control females. The clinical groups reported heightened frequency and intensity of MW-S compared to controls, but no differences from each other. When controlling for depression and anxiety, significant differences only persisted between controls and ADHD, who also showed elevated intensity of MW-S compared to BPD and comorbid ADHD+BPD. We found no MW-S instability differences amongst clinical cases as well as cases versus controls. Negative content of MW-S was higher in BPD and comorbid ADHD+BPD compared to controls, with no differences between ADHD and controls. When controlling for depression/anxiety, the differences between BPD and comorbid ADHD+BPD and controls dissipated. MW-S is a trans-diagnostic process present in both ADHD and BPD. Yet, the underlying mechanisms of this experience may be driven by anxiety/depression in BPD but reflect a core process in ADHD. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-7862 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2020.07.005 |