Personality disorders

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• Treatment and Research Advancements Association for Personality Disorder
  

  TARA APD is a non-profit organisation which promotes personality disorder research and education, particularly for borderline personality disorders.

• Great Ideas in Personality
  

  Provides information regarding a variety of theories and interesting links.

• about.com:Mental Health
  

  An interesting American site with a variety of links regarding personality disorders, among others information about the prevention of personality disorders in the United States (Landmark Survey Reports, 2004).
  

• Focus Adolescent Services
  

  Links to the work of Sam Vaknin.  People with multiple personality disorders share a number of characteristics. Here you will find an enumeration of common themes.

• Borderline personality
  

  A site by a "hands-on" expert.

• Robert Hare
  

  Robert Hare is a pre-eminent researcher into antisocial personality disorders.  Includes a a list of important references regarding psychopathy, questionnaires, and various articles.

Generaltop

• National Personality Disorder Website
  

  Recent website with interesting overview articles about theories and causes of personality disorders.  Also includes research bulletins and descriptions of projects being started for people with personality disorder.

• Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics
  

  Accessible site from the University of Washington with useful links to personality disorder resources (especially BPS) and American (professional) organisations.

• The Biology of Borderline Personality Disorder
  

  The biological/genetic aspects of BPD by the well-known Larry J. Siever.

• Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation
  

  Mostly American organisation (with a small European contingent) with various prominent participants; provides an overview of current research.

• Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary
  

  Very diverse information with many nice links. Look particularly at BPD articles, which has excellent short pieces by renowned authors.

• Mental Health Net: Personality Disorders
  

  Though intended for non-professionals, includes much concrete, concise information about all personality disorders.

• Personality Disorders - General information
  

  Provides an overview of the various Axis II personality disorders and useful links.

• The Personality Project - Overview
  

  Site about personality models and personality disorder research. Offers a good and thorough search engine (Search the Personality Project) to yet other related sites.  Select for instance the concept 'attachment'. Many more options such as an overview of relevant professional journals (choose Scientific Journals onder Academic Webpages).

• Personality Theories
  

  Useful reference and training tool about the personality models of Freud, Jung, Maslow, but also of less well-knowns such as George Kelly.  Revised through 1996 by George Boeree, a Dutch émigré to the US.

• Great Ideas in Personality
  

  Provides information regarding a variety of theories and interesting links.
  

• Treatment and Research Advancements Association for Personality Disorder
  

  TARA APD is a non-profit organisation which promotes personality disorder research and education, particularly for borderline personality disorders.

• about.com:Mental Health
  

  Interesting American site with a variety of links regarding personality disorders, among others information about the prevention of personality disorders in the United States (Landmark Survey Reports, 2004).

Treatmenttop

• Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics
  

  Accessible site from the University of Washington with useful links to personality disorder resources (especially BPD) and American (professional) organisations.

• Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation
  

  Mostly American organisation (with a small European contingent) with various prominent participants; provides an overview of current research.

• Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary
  

  Very diverse information with many nice links. Look particularly at BPD articles, which has excellent short pieces by renowned authors.

• Borderline personality
  

  A site by a "hands-on" expert.
  

• Robert Hare
  

  Robert Hare is a pre-eminent researcher into antisocial personality disorders.  Includes a a list of important references regarding psychopathy, questionnaires, and various articles.

• The Biology of Borderline Personality Disorder
  

  The biological/genetic aspects of BPD by the well-known Larry J. Siever.

Treatment - Generaltop

• Helen's World of BPD Resources
  

  Includes a very extensive and well organised collection of links about the diagnosis and treatment of borderline disorder.

• Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder
  

  Online version of the APA's  Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder. American Psychiatric Press, Washington 2001.

Treatment - Pharmacologicaltop

• Algorithms for pharmacological treatment of personality dimensions
  

  Soloff, P.H. Algorithms for pharmacological treatment of personality dimensions: Symptom-specific treatments for cognitive-perceptual, affective, and impulsive-behavioral dysregulation. Mental Health Sanctuary.  These protocols are also included in the APA Practice Guideline (see above under Treatment - General).

Treatment - Psychotherapeutictop

• Behavioral Tech
  

  Created by Marsha Linehan, the site provides information about dialectical behaviour therapy, including training and presentation material, publications, and links.

• Marsha M. Linehan
  

  Extensive site about this professor at the University of Washington, Department of Psychology, and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC). Covers the theoretical aspects as well as training possibilities.

• Schema Therapy
  

  Large site about cognitive therapy according to Young.

Diagnosis & Classificationtop

• Additional Trait and Temperate Theories
  

  Site of Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. Covers among others the work of Cattell, Eysenck, Cloninger, and the Big Five. Note that this site is not always available.

• Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology (IASPP)
  

  Extensive site about the work of Theodore Millon (co-founder of the Axis II model).

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• Focus Adolescent Services
  

  Links to the work of Sam Vaknin.  People with multiple personality disorders share a number of characteristics. Here you will find an enumeration of common themes.

Patient & family organisations & informationtop

• BPD Central
  

  A very informative site for family and others affected by BPD.

Conferences and symposiatop

• Curriculum Personality Disorders
  

  An initiative of N.I. Benecke and Erwin van Meekeren.
  Includes four annual conferences for psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and social psychiatric nurses, as well as those who are training for these professions. Every conference focuses on one aspect of personality disorder. Experts provide in-depth coverage of the topic, recent scientific discoveries, and the latest developments, with a particular focus on the relevance for every day practice.

   

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