Disorders of the self: a personality-guided approach

I: Theoretical foundations

Theoretical introduction

Narcissistic personality disorder

II: Devitalization : the unmirrored self (schizoid, schizotypal, and avoidant personality disorders)

Descriptive psychopathology and theoretical viewpoints : schizoid, schizotypal, and avoidant personality disorders

A self psychological viewpoint : schizoid, schizotypal, and avoidant personality disorders

III: Forestalling fragmentation (paranoid, obsessive-compulsive, and borderline personality disorders)

Descriptive psychopathology and theoretical viewpoints : paranoid, obsessive-compulsive, and borderline personality disorders

A self psychological viewpoint : paranoid, obsessive-compulsive, and borderline personality disorders

IV: Alternative pathways for preserving a cohesive self (dependent, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorders)

Descriptive psychopathology and theoretical viewpoints : dependent, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorders

A self psychological viewpoint : dependent, histrionic, and antisocial personality disorders

V: Other disorders of the self (depressive personality disorder, disorders of the self and somatic reactivity, and disavowal and the vertical split

Depressive personality disorder

Disorders of the self and somatic reactivity

Disavowal : the vertical split.