Measuring the Impact of Real Time fMRI Neurofeedback in Borderline Personality Disorder

Measuring the Impact of Real Time fMRI Neurofeedback in Borderline Personality Disorder

This study will test the impacts of real time fMRI neurofeedback in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. This is a pilot study in a small number of people enrolled in clinical programs at Yale New Haven Hospital.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. enrolled in YNHH DBT-IOP
2. must meet specific clinical criteria
3. Inclusion in Experimental group requires participants meet standard safety and quality control requirements for MR scanning
4. For female participants, not pregnant and willing to use a reliable method of contraception during the study

Exclusion Criteria:

1. IQ<70
2. vision problem not able to be corrected to normal range
3. medication changes w/in one month
4. Lifetime hx of schizophrenia, schizoaffective d/o, bipolar I disorder.
5. illicit substance use within 7 days of MRI scans
6. taking scheduled opiates
7. taking scheduled benzodiazepines
8. taking scheduled anti-histamines
9. history of seizures
10. significant current or past neurologic illness
11. BMI < 16.5