Limitations
depression, depressive, BPD
We tested effects of social exclusion in an artificial laboratory setting, which was one of the study’s main limitations. There was a high proportion of patients with comorbid diagnoses and intake of psychotropic medication, however, subgroup analyses yielded no effects on empathy. Patients with depression were excluded from the study, as HPA-axis function and cognition differ between patients with BPD with and without a depressive episode [