PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Personality disorders are characterized by a damaging pattern of behavior and thinking. Are personality disorders caused by genetics of environment?

A relationship with someone with Personality Disorder is very chaotic. By the time you realize the damage to your life, it is too late. How can you recover from what is left in you?

This paper entertains the possibility that anxiety, mood, and personality disorders are overlapping and how treatments should change if this is the case.

Psychological disorders including eating, substance abuse, sex/gender/sexual and personality disorders. Explanation, causes and treatments

How are personality disorders diagnosed? What sort of guidelines and environments are necessary for a diagnosis? This article explains how such a feat is completed.

Like most forms of mental illness, avoidant personality disorder is usually accompanied by other closely related personality disorders.

This article examines the role of obesity in personality disorders in women.

Personality disorders are often misdiagnosed as being anxiety disorders. This is because people suffering from a personality disorder often experience anxiety.

Personality disorders are grouped into one of three clusters based on common characteristics. Cluster C contains those typifying anxious, fearful behaviors.

Personality disorders are grouped into one of three clusters based on common characteristics. Cluster A represents disorders marked by odd, eccentric behavior.

The latest treatment options chip away at the elements of biological, social and psychological roots of personality disorders. These new integrative treatments have dramatically changed the attitude of both clients and therapists.

Are we experiencing more personality disorders and mental illness in our society today, or are we just being overly sensitive? Could it be that some traits, some of which seem perverse to us, may have served a useful purpose for our ancestors?

While there are clear benefits to treating personality disorders and insomnia with the drug Seroquel, do these benefits outweigh the risks?

This article gives an overview of the 2008 study by Johnson on the prevalence of personality disorders from adolescence into adulthood.

This article discusses the diagnosis of personality disorders as it pertains to the genders and outlines certain areas where gender bias might unexpectedly exist.

Description of several personality disorders and ways you may be able to help if you know someone with them.

This article will offer a brief synopsis on a few common personality disorders.

A few years ago, anyone who was diagnosed with a personality disorder faced a grim outlook. The general attitude of the day among therapists was one of 'hopelessness and dread.' Today, the outlook is much more positive, and treatment is positive.

Personality problems are quite different from all other types of mental disorders. Likewise, treating such a disorder is perhaps more difficult, primarily because these traits are intimately related to the core of the person's sense of self.

A look at two psychological disorders that on the surface look similar, but differ greatly.

In 1835, the British J. C. Pritchard, working as senior Physician at the Bristol Infirmary (hospital), published a seminal work titled "Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders of the Mind". He, in turn, suggested the neologism "moral insanity".

We love their musical or acting abilities but that doesn't mean that all super stars are normal!

How might maladjusted behaviour be approached and treated by a behaviour therapist?

Gary has earned himself the nickname "Beast." An aggressive debt collector, he is proud of his ruthlessness and getting his way. What happens when Gary's behavior gets out of control, and how is this condition treated?

Dealing with disordered personalities is like being sprayed by a skunk. Pervasive, often overwhelming and extremely hard to eradicate. Note: tomato juice won't work.