Conceptualizing Personality Disorder: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychological Science, and Psychiatry

This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on personality disorder with chapters by philosophers, psychiatrists, and psychological scientists. Written to be accessible to all three disciplines, it updates traditional conceptualizations and offers new and novel perspectives on personality disorder, with a special emphasis on borderline and narcissistic personalities. Featuring contributions from established senior researchers as well as early career scholars from across four continents, it offers surveys of contemporary research and clinical expertise that together plumb the foundational understandings of personality disorder.

About the Author

Konrad Banicki is an assistant professor at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland. He is a philosopher, psychologist, and cognitive-behavioral therapist as well as a convenor of the Understanding Personality Disorders network associated with St Catherine's College Oxford.

Peter Zachar is Professor of Psychology at Auburn University at Montgomery. He Is the author of two previous books, Psychological Concepts and Biological Psychiatry (2000) and A Metaphysics of Psychopathology (2014), and has served as editor or co-editor of seven additional volumes.