What they are: Personality disorders involve enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that differ from societal expectations and cause distress or impairment. Why they happen: Genetics, ...

BPD causes symptoms like emotional and relationship instability as well as higher anxiety levels. Insurance coverage for treatment may vary, requiring you to check your specific plan. Borderline ...

EMDR reduces trauma symptoms in people with personality disorder, even without a formal PTSD diagnosis, a new RCT finds.

Histrionic and borderline personality disorders often feature overlapping symptom themes. As personality disorders belonging to the same group classification, they can both involve intense, emotional, ...

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 ...

Don't despair if you wish your personality would change. New research shows that there's plenty to look forward to in terms ...

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) publishes “Practice Guidelines” for the treatment of several mental disorders, including eating disorders, substance abuse, and schizophrenia. These manuals ...

People living with schizoid personality disorder think, behave, and relate to people differently than others. Certain tips can help individuals care for people with schizoid personality disorder.

Dr. John Gunderson, whose studies of people with suicidal urges, fears of abandonment and squalls of emotion helped establish borderline personality disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis, providing a ...