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

What was studied: Researchers examined how negative emotions affect attention in people with high borderline personality traits using brain wave recordings during visual tasks. Key brain findings: ...

For many people living in Southern California, mental health conversations are becoming more open and more common. Yet ...

What’s the finding?: Researchers discovered that borderline personality traits are linked to brain wave disruptions that hinder focus during emotional interference. Why it matters: Understanding these ...

Young men ages 17 to 28 who exhibit symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder face uniquely difficult obstacles in getting treatment. For one, these individuals are often overlooked in treatment ...

Volatile relationships, reckless impulsivity and an unstable identity are hallmarks of this misunderstood mental health condition. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Christina Caron On the surface, ...

Personality traits, especially borderline personality, appear to predict change in depression status and are significantly associated with its persistence. Data from 2366 respondents (no depression ...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is an often profoundly misunderstood mental health condition commonly conflated with bipolar disorder. In reality, it’s an entirely different mental illness. Take ...