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Personality Disorders (Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline)

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The concept of personality and of PDs is both essential and controversial for psychiatry. Most definitions of personality focus on motivation and mental adaptation. Personality refers to the way a person shapes and adapts to an ever-changing internal and external environment. Its basic functions are to feel (emotional responses), to think and perceive (cognitive interpretation of self, the others and the environment) and to incorporate these into purposeful behaviours (interpersonal functioning, impulse control).

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Fountoulakis, K.N. (2015). Personality Disorders (Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline). In: Bipolar Disorder. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37216-2_8

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