Personality disorders
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:43:41
Personality disorders
Where personality goes awry
A multifaceted research approach is providing more clues to the origins of personality disorders.
BY CHARLOTTE HUFF
Monitor staff
Print version: page 42
Over the years, few large-scale prospective studies have targeted the causes of personality disorders (PDs). But recently, a new body of research has begun to explore the potential influences of several factors, from genetics and parenting to peer influences, and even the randomness of life events.
Indeed,
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than a few causes even for a single personality disorder, says Millon, dean of the Florida-based Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology. Narrowing down potential causes will help psychologists more quickly isolate what might be influencing a particular patient, he says.
Millon explains: "Once you identify the one cause that seems most probable and most significant, then you can design your therapy in order to unlearn what seemed most problematic for that individual."
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