Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders

This book provides scientists and clinicians with a foundation for a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of antisocial, narcissistic, and borderline personality disorders by considering them as a dual rather than singular construct. Two separate research and clinical diagnostic systems are combined in the book into a holistic model designed to obtain reliable and valid diagnostic data; it examines the adaptive and maladaptive development and behavior of personality while simultaneously addressing the interpersonal system to avoid missing important signs of pathology. Each chapter of the book analyzes the deep and surface content, origin and expression of symptoms, the system and reinforcement of pathology, as well as behavior in online communication. In conclusion, practical recommendations are provided for effective methods and successful treatment of personality disorders (PD). Experienced and novice researchers and clinicians will find it useful to study the alternative model of personality disorders DSM-5 and use it for further understanding of complex and often destructive disorders.