Diagnosing personality disorders in children is controversial due to natural developmental shifts in mood and behavior. When maladaptive traits remain pervasive and persistent, however, a personality ...

Everyone’s personality is different. Your personality is how you think and feel, but it also includes how you behave and relate to things. Sometimes, you begin to feel or behave differently toward ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." PERSONALITY DISORDERS SHAPE how people think about themselves and others and relate to other people.

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Personality disorders involve long term, problematic behaviors that typically are first exhibited during adolescence and cause marked distress and impairment. The very definition of personality ...

Personality traits are defined by patterns in how you think, behave, and react to situations. For someone without a personality disorder, your responses are consistent and stable over time. For ...

In a commentary-response article published this past week for the journal Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Peter Tyrer, a personality psychologist, engaged in what some might call heated ...

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Schizoid personality disorder involves being detached and having little desire for close relationships. People with schizoid ...