I described personality disorders here. In this post, I will discuss their origins. From the psychoanalytic-attachment perspective, personality disorders are not so much created as they are a ...

A personality disorder is a longstanding and inflexible personality pattern. Personality, in turn, is whatever enables us to predict how a particular person will respond to a given situation. It ...

Therapists explain how narcissistic traits can affect relationships, workplaces, families, and emotional wellbeing, and how ...

As an expert on personality disorders, people often ask me about psychopathy. It seems everybody has had an ex, a boss, a ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

Many associate personality disorders with negative traits, but clinical psychologist Sinqobile Elevia Aderinoye reveals the ...

A major new RCT of Structured Psychological Support finds brief therapy offers no meaningful benefit over usual care for ...

No cluster D of personality disorders is currently featured in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, text revision (DSM-5-TR). Only clusters A, B, and C are ...

Here’s how to tell if what you’re feeling is a sign of a deeper mental health issue.