Professor Ahmed Hankir told Newsweek: "BPD one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized mental health conditions." ...

Discover the key borderline personality disorder symptoms in females, how they differ from men, and effective ways to treat BPD symptoms.

If "depressive" only conjures pictures of sadness, you're missing two other definitions that, while quite different from ...

Earlier this year, I published an article in Psychiatric Times with the psychiatrist Joel Paris, M.D., commenting on the concept of complex posttraumatic stress disorder and its relationship to ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

Mental health disorders come in many forms and affect thoughts, emotions and behaviors in complex ways. Conditions like anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder are among the most frequently diagnosed ...

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 ...

Schizophrenia involves periods of psychosis, with symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. Schizoid personality disorder is a persistent pattern of thoughts and behaviors that cause distress but ...

Clear communication, authenticity, and professional guidance are some ways to strengthen your relationship with someone who has avoidant personality disorder. Avoidant personality disorder (AVPD) is a ...

The connection between OCD and BPD is complex, with overlapping symptoms and challenges that can complicate diagnosis and treatment. However, with a thorough understanding of both disorders and an ...

Psychologists typically do not diagnose children with personality disorders. This is because their personality is still developing and can change quickly as they grow. However, a child may show early ...

These are the criteria for diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of ...