Personality Disorders Support Group
Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and behaviour. Personality disorders are seen by the American Psychiatric Association as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it.
This article does a great job of explaining how child abuse affects children and the coping habits that follow them into adulthood. It is very interesting.
http://www.eastbaytherapist.org/new...
http://www.eastbaytherapist.org/new...
(it doesn't seem to be complete...to copy and paste, nor is it a hyperlink to "click on")
what is the title? can it be googled?
http://www.eastbaytherapist.org/news/article.html?eselect=detail&artid=21
The article is titled emotional neglect and PTSD by Pete Walker.