Personality disorders affect an estimated 9% of Americans. Only a mental-health professional can diagnose a personality disorder, typically in adulthood. Insider compared the behaviors, traits, and ...

When you think of someone with borderline personality disorder, it’s likely that you imagine their tendency to let their emotions veer out of control, become overly intrusive, and alternate between ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is borderline personality disorder and how is it treated? Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by a pattern of instability in personal relationships, poor self ...

The role of environment and pre-existing risk factors in BPD has identified new therapies. Growing awareness of this mental illness characterized by heightened emotional response and volatile ...

Lindsay Modglin is a nurse and professional writer who regularly writes about complex medical topics, as well as travel and the great outdoors. She holds a professional certificate in scientific ...

A new article appearing in Frontiers in Psychology provides convincing evidence of a tendency among people with borderline personality disorder to expect the worst of people. Naturally, this is not a ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

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 ...

The subject matter of singer/songwriter Aimee Mann's new album "Queens of the Summer Hotel" conveys the plight of women suffering from disaffection due to the sexism of the male-dominated psychiatric ...

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), ...

Although these conditions are alike in some ways, there are key differences between them. “Both can involve psychotic episodes, but in BPD, these are usually short and triggered by stress, while in ...