ABSTRACT

https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315808635/d072e771-52a2-41e8-9ef0-430f27b9a843/content/ch8_page163_01_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>Relationships can be difficult. Many people have experienced the pain of conflict, separation, and even divorce at some time in their lives. But some people experience extraordinary difficulties because of an intense disturbance in the fundamental nature of their personalities. Clinically, these disturbed patterns are known as personality disorders.