title: [Should personality disorders be treated?].
abstract: Personality disorders are mental diseases in their own right. Their common characteristic is their onset during adolescence or, at the latest, in early adulthood. Personality disorders are very diverse and range from neuroses to psychoses. Personality disorders spontaneously become chronic, but they are nonetheless accessible to treatment. Possible treatments include psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapies and psychotropic medications.
authors.affiliation: Université de Nice Sofia-Antipolis, F-06000 Nice, France. guy.darcourt@orange.fr
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darcourt
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs