These two disorders share many features, making proper diagnosis a challenge. Treatment providers must be aware that some ...

While the signs of a personality disorder—characteristics like lack of empathy and remorse, or consistently chaotic relationships with others—may be evident to many people in someone’s life ...

As many as 20% were asymptomatic ... the majority of these patients still met the criteria for one of the "milder" personality disorders (histrionic, avoidant, or obsessive-compulsive).