Personality Disorder

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MentalHelp.net (US) - Personality disorders are pervasive chronic psychological disorders, which can greatly affect a person's life. Having a personality disorder can negatively affect one's work, one's family, and one's social life.

National Library of Medicine (US) - Personality disorders are long-term patterns of thoughts and behaviors that cause serious problems with relationships and work. People with personality disorders have difficulty dealing with everyday stresses and problems. They often have stormy relationships with other people. The exact cause of personality disorders is unknown. However, genes and childhood experiences may play a role.

The Haven Project (UK) - The Haven Project is based on a tradition of service user research. In the late 1990's a group of 50 local service users, all of whom had attracted the diagnosis, worked with Heather Castillo on service-user-focused research about personality disorder. This research study was published as a book in 2003 (see details below). The publication was preceded and followed by a number of journal article. Articles available on site.