Jumping to conclusions that someone's difficult behavior indicates a "personality disorder" is often nothing more than an insult disguised as a clinical observation.

A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...

Psychologists have long known that certain linguistic habits reveal how people are functioning internally. For example, people experiencing distress consistently use more self-focused language and ...

Histrionic Personality Disorder is characterized by intense emotions and a strong need to be the center of attention. The disorder is part of a group known as cluster B personality disorders, similar ...

Comorbidity is when a person has more than one health condition at once. Researchers investigating the comorbidity of personality disorders have found people with certain disorders may have other ...

Season’s greetings to all our readers. As the Christmas festivities begin to wind down and many of us reflect on the days just passed, it is important to remember that the holidays, while joyful for ...

Symptoms of ASPD can start in childhood and may include manipulative and reckless behaviors. ASPD often co-occurs with other mental health conditions, which makes it harder to treat. Up to 31% of ...

Schizoid and paranoid personality disorders have key differences. Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) leads people to think that others are trying to harm them, while schizoid personality disorder ...

Serial killers commit heinous acts that are unimaginable to the average human being. Identifying the motive behind acts of violence such as murder is something doctors have researched for decades.

People with dissociative identity disorder develop fractured parts of their identity to cope with trauma, which can cause amnesia and disconnect.