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All mental disorders as personality disorders

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: In this piece, I make the case that all mental disorders can be understood as personality disorders. To do so, I begin with a minimal definition of “personality” and then show how it leads to the paradoxical, yet also logical, conclusion that all mental disorders are equally “personality disordered”. I then close by suggesting that clinical researchers should study all mental disorders as personality disorders.

Source: PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints)

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/cxwqe_v1

Author: Orestis Zavlis

Language: English

Topic: Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7206173423

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