Promotion of good mental health, prevention, and early intervention before/at the onset of
mental disorders improve outcomes. However, the range and peak ages at onset for mental …

Criterion A, as represented by Level of Personality Functioning (LPF), offers a means by
which to conceptualize the core impairment in self and interpersonal functioning that …

A new developmental model of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and its treatment is
advanced based on evolutionary considerations concerning the role of attachment …

Personality disorders (PDs) are among the most common and severe classes of
psychopathology. From a clinical perspective, it is challenging to help individuals with …

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
represents a watershed moment in the history of official psychopathology classification …

Recent research findings have contributed to an improved understanding and treatment of
borderline personality disorder. This disorder is characterised by severe functional …

Theorists have long argued that personality disorder (PD) is best understood in terms of
general impairments shared across the disorders as well as more specific instantiations of …

Mentalizing, the fundamental human capacity to understand behavior in relation to mental
states such as thoughts and feelings, is the basis of healthy relationships and self …

Background The past decade has seen an unprecedented increase in research activity on
personality disorders (PDs) in adolescents. The increase in research activity, in addition to …

The diagnostic categories of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders were developed in the spirit of a traditional medical …