Personality disorders, as described in the DSM-5, 1 are characterized by inflexible and maladaptive patterns of behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Furthermore, personality disorders are associated with ...

Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is one of the most difficult psychological diagnoses. Those with APD, also known as sociopaths, once discovered, are indelibly branded, for it’s a pernicious ...

Women who kill are not characterized by psychopathy. Instead, they act primarily because they feel provoked and threatened. At the same time, there is a certain degree of planning among the group of ...

While everyone else is frantically filling their weekends with plans to avoid being alone, the most psychologically mature among us are discovering that choosing solitude over Saturday night drinks ...

Many people have met someone who seems strangely unaffected by social cues—someone whose reactions feel out of sync with the emotional climate in the room. For a small group, this isn’t aloofness or ...

Young adults who feel excluded because of their political identity are more likely to experience anger and less willing to engage with people from the opposing political side, according to new ...