Personality Disorders: Table of Contents

Written by Dr. Sam Vaknin

Extensive info on all types of personality disorders plus insight into the lives of people with different personality disorders.

• What Is Personality?
• Diagnosing Personality Disorders
• Axes of Mental Health Disorders
• Common Features of Personality Disorders
• Cluster B Personality Disorders
• The Construct of Normal Personality
• The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) - Pros and Cons
• Narcissism and Personality Disorders
• The History of Personality Disorders
• Differential Diagnoses of Personality Disorders
• Psychological Tests
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Diagnostic Criteria
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Prevalence and Comorbidity
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Clinical Features
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Narcissist vs. Psychopath
• The Psychopath and Antisocial
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Schizoid Personality Disorder
• Avoidant Personality Disorder
• Psychological Defense Mechanisms
• Codependence and the Dependent Personality Disorder
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Five Factor Personality Model
• Factor Models of Personality
• Genetics and Personality Disorders
• Gender Bias in Diagnosing Personality Disorders
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
• Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) Personality Disorder
• Sadistic Personality Disorder
• Masochistic Personality Disorder
• Depressive Personality Disorder
• Psychosexual Stages of Personal Development
• International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10
• Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Personality Disorder
• Therapy and Treatment of Personality Disorders
• Changes in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) IV
• Brain and Personality
• Conduct Disorder
• Addiction and Personality
• Psychological Signs and Symptoms
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• The Hateful Patient - Difficult Patients in Psychotherapy
• The Narcissist in Therapy
• Body Language and Personality Disorders
• Sex and Personality Disorders

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• Personality Disorders as an Insanity Defense
• Is the Narcissist Legally Insane?
• The Borderline Patient - A Case Study
• The Schizoid Patient - A Case Study
• The Histrionic Patient - A Case Study
• The Avoidant Patient - A Case Study
• The Schizotypal Patient - A Case Study
• The Obsessive-Compulsive Patient - A Case Study
• The Dependent Patient - A Case Study
• The Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Patient - A Case Study
• The Masochistic Patient - A Case Study
• The Sadistic Patient - A Case Study
• The Syphilitic Narcissist
• Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Bipolar I Disorder
• Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Asperger's Disorder
• Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Anxiety Disorders
• Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Eating Disorders
• The Narcissistic Patient - A Case Study
• The Psychopathic Patient - A Case Study
• The Paranoid Patient - A Case Study
• Empathy and Personality Disorders
• Psychosis, Delusions, and Personality Disorders
• Victim Reaction to Abuse by Narcissists and Psychopaths
• The Depressive Patient - A Case Study
• The Interrupted Self
• Sex or Gender
• Persecutory Anxiety
• In Defense of Psychoanalysis - Introduction
• The Insanity of the Defense