Editorial Personality disorders in the workplace Personality disorders are probably the most common form of mental disorder. The reason for 'probably' is that the classification of personality disorder has been defective for many years and, as one of the consequences of this, it has been relatively under-diagnosed. Currently, the two official classification systems in psychiatry (the Diagnostic...

One of the fundamental limitations of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) categorical model of personality disorder classification has been the lack of a strong scientific foundation, including an understanding of childhood antecedents. The DSM-IV-TR personality disorders, however, do appear to be well understood as maladaptive var...

This article critically reviews the problems concerning the relationship between traumatic events in childhood and personality disorders in adulthood. Attributing adult psychopathology primarily to environmental factors is problematic. Personality traits are heritable. Children are resilient to the long-term effects of trauma. All studies of trauma in personality disordered patients suffer from...

OBJECTIVE The authors sought to determine whether personality disorders diagnosed during a depressive episode have long-term outcomes more typical of those of other patients with personality disorders or those of patients with noncomorbid major depression. METHOD The authors used 6-year outcome data collected from the multisite Collaborative Longitudinal Personality Disorders Study (CLPS). Di...

background and purpose: personality disorders may lead to addiction and viral diseases. on the other hand, addiction and viral infections also cause mental and personality disorders. this research aimed at comparing personality disorders and clinical symptoms between male prisoners. materials and methods: a cross–sectional study was conducted in male prisoners in quchan, iran, 2014. three group...

This study tested whether personality disorders may be the psychological manifestations of executive function deficits by examining their bivariate heritability in a community sample of 314 twins (ages 5-17 years; M age = 9.7; 96 monozygotic pairs and 61 dizygotic pairs). The parents of the twins completed the Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory (Coolidge, 1998; Coolidge et al...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the inter-rater agreement of personality disorders in clinical settings. METHODS Clinicians rated 75 patients with substance use disorders on the DSM-IV criteria of personality disorders in random order, and on rating scales representing the severity of each. RESULTS Convergent validity agreement was moderate (range for r = 0.55, 0.67) for cluster B disorder...

People: 668 people (aged 18–45 years) with a diagnosed personality disorder (Diagnostic Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders), or major depressive disorder (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders-patient version). Included personality disorders were: schizotypal, borderline, avoidant, and obsessive-compulsive. Exclusions: acute substance intoxication or withdrawal; acti...