The Fine Distinction Between Personality Disorders and Clinical Syndromes (DSM-IV)
How are personality disorders different from clinical syndromes? I have tried to sum up some general, historical assumptions on this issue.
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Gender-Typed Behaviors are Linked to Depressive Symptoms, Low Self-Esteem, and Poor Friendship Quality in Boys
Gender-typed behaviors (GT) and stereotypes are common. For example, boys play with automobiles and girls play with dulls, and these behaviors are related to boy and girl …
What is the Self and How is it Formed? 3 Very Different Theories Try to Explain it
To know oneself (or one’s self) is in fact a life long project. We spend a huge amount of time to get to know people and …
What is an Identity Crisis?
One of the grandfathers of personality psychology, Erik Erikson, wrote an interesting article about this subject. Erikson (1970) found that identity crisis is one of …
The Rationale for Adopting an Infant as Early as Possible: Considering Attachment Theory
According to the developmental psychologist John Bowlby, the young infant develops its selective attachment when it is about 6 months old. Before this period, the …
Rural-Urban Variations in Mental Illness
An epidemiological study of 94 counties in the US showed that people living in cities had a 17% greater chance of developing either mild psychological …