title: Introduction to the special series featuring selected papers from the inaugural meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders.
abstract: In this article the inaugural meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD) is described against the backdrop of some exciting themes in contemporary personality disorder theory, research, and treatment. Commentary is provided for 7 papers included in this issue as representative of the talks delivered at the NASSPD meeting which highlight these broad themes.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hopwood
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders; D012106:Research; D014481:United States