Dimensional models of personality disorders are increasingly popular, but do they obscure real clinical syndromes?

One of the unfortunate things about the current state of personality disorder diagnosis is that there are too many different competing systems. Each system is more or less internally consistent, but ...

What they are: Personality disorders involve enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that differ from societal expectations and cause distress or impairment. Why they happen: Genetics, ...

People with dependent personality disorder tend to be overly reliant on others for making decisions and rarely initiate tasks or responsibilities alone. An individual’s personality refers to a set of ...

BPD causes symptoms like emotional and relationship instability as well as higher anxiety levels. Insurance coverage for treatment may vary, requiring you to check your specific plan. Borderline ...

Personality disorders affect an estimated 9% of Americans. Only a mental-health professional can diagnose a personality disorder, typically in adulthood. Insider compared the behaviors, traits, and ...

Everyone's diagnosing everyone with narcissism on the thinnest of criteria these days, but it turns out there is one way to detect a potential personality disorder in a person: their speech patterns.

EMDR reduces trauma symptoms in people with personality disorder, even without a formal PTSD diagnosis, a new RCT finds.

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5), is a diagnosis given to individuals who violate and show a ...

In the world of contemporary R&B, Kehlani has long been celebrated for a radical brand of transparency that mirrors the ...