Recording of the Breathing Pattern in the Test with Controlled Hyperventilation in Subjects with a Borderline Type Personality Disorder

Abstract

The study of the variations of breathing pattern components under the influence of physiological or pathological factors allows to deepen the knowledge in the field of physiology of systemic interaction in the whole body as well as in the pathophysiology of functional, psychosomatic diseases. Taking into account the prevalence of 6% of borderline type personality disorder in primary care and up to 20% in specialized psychiatric centers and the considerable impairment caused to patients, the study of the breathing pattern could offer doctors, especially those at the primary level, an alternative to treatment pharmacologically by correcting the psychophysiological mechanisms of systemic dysfunction.