Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is a mental health condition that may occur in people who have had traumatic childhood experiences. However, the exact cause of ASPD is currently unknown.

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.

Symptoms of ASPD can start in childhood and may include manipulative and reckless behaviors. ASPD often co-occurs with other mental health conditions, which makes it harder to treat. Up to 31% of ...

Genetics is just one of several factors thought to influence personality disorder development. Life experiences, family dynamics, coping mechanisms, and social learning may all be contributing factors ...

In the United States, May is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Awareness Month. BPD is a mental health condition characterized by emotional instability, unstable relationships, and an unstable ...

People with borderline personality disorder have a debilitating fear of real or perceived abandonment. Ironically, they often push people away.

A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...

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

People with dissociative identity disorder develop fractured parts of their identity to cope with trauma, which can cause amnesia and disconnect.

Nick Cannon got personal this week about his need for help after recently being diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder. The 44-year-old spoke candidly to People, saying he wasn’t surprised ...

Nick Cannon has admitted that he needs “help” after revealing that he’s been diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The father of 12 said he displayed nearly all the markers for the ...

People with cancer, heart disease and other conditions have come to expect treatments that their medical teams "personalize" just for them, based on tests. But care for mental health conditions hasn't ...