Personality disorders and violence: what is the link?
Richard Howard Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Despite a well-documented association between personality disorders (PDs) and violence, the relationship between them is complicated by the high comorbidity of mental disorders, the heterogeneity of violence (particularly in regard to its motivation), and differing views regarding the way PDs are conceptualised and measured. In particular, it remains unclear whether there is a causal relationship between…