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 ...

Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Cluster C personality disorders include conditions with anxious and fearful thoughts and behaviors. These are avoidant personality disorder (AVPD), ...

The psychological terms of narcissism have entered the collective dialogue as a pop culture buzzword in the past decade. The terminology is commonly used in today's conversations and interactions.

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 ...

HAMBURG — What is “normal” and what isn’t? This question is constantly being renegotiated in psychology. And sometimes, the boundaries shift, as they are now. What is considered a personality disorder ...

There is no cure for antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Doctors typically recommend a combination of medicines and psychotherapy to help manage harmful thoughts and behaviors. ASPD is a mental ...

A man who was diagnosed as a narcissist uses his TikTok videos as a way to shed light on the diagnosis, and he posted an ...

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 ...

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 ...

In recent years, social media has empowered people who live with conditions that have been historically maligned or misunderstood to share information, whether it be facts about their condition or ...