[Perception of emotional facial expressions in female adolescents with borderline personality disorder].

Objectives: Investigation of the perception of emotional and neutral facial expressions in female adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Methods: Emotional and neutral facial expressions from the set of Ekman and Friesen were presented to 30 adolescent patients with a diagnosis of BPD, to 29 adolescent patients with other psychiatric diagnoses, and to a control group of 30 healthy subjects. All participants in the study were female.