SALT LAKE CITY -- If a murder trial ever takes place in the Ethan Stacy case, it's possible the defense could be based on mental illness issues. For Nathan Sloop, there may be a claim that he suffers ...

Personality disorders describe enduring, pervasive, pathologic patterns of behavior and inner experiences that deviate from a patient’s culture. Personality disorders are divided into three clusters ...

"That person is narcissistic," or "They must have borderline personality disorder because their emotions are so volatile." On ...

Her name is Alice, at least that is the name I’m using in this blog. I have known her since 1966. She was 16. I didn’t know much about multiple personalities at that time nor was I sure I wanted to ...

Cameron West’s eyes go somewhere else for a moment. He’s sitting beside his wife of 45 years, Rikki, in the middle of a conversation about a morning more than 30 years ago. She opened a closet door in ...

It's a heartbreaking story. Infants and young children who are not held, abused, neglected, or who do not have a stable caregiver sometimes grow into children and adolescents facing a specific set of ...

I have bipolar disorder (Bipolar II), not multiple personality disorder. However, I cannot feel that the me of yesterday and ...

I taught for several years at a community-based residency program that was affiliated with a university. We hosted medical students from several local medical colleges, including subinternship ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...