Recent Research in Personality Disorders, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics

This issue on Recent Research on Personality Behaviors discusses diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology, outcome and treatment for these perplexing disorders. Topics include:: Diagnosis:: Dimensional diagnosis for PDs, Improving categorical diagnosis of PDs, Separating traits from personality disorders. Epidemiology:: The community prevalence of PDs, The clinical prevalence of PDs. Etiology:: Genetics of PDs, Neurobiological and imaging studies, The neurobiology of psychopathy, Child development and PDs. Outcome:: The long-term outcome of PDs, Mechanisms of recovery in PDs. Treatment:: Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments, Managing suicidality, Future directions in PD research.