Prof Sam Vaknin
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Personality Disorders Gender Bias
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August 27, 2010
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5:01Now PlayingEverything You Need to Know about Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Abuse click on this link
Ever since Freud, more women than men sought therapy. Consequently, terms like "hysteria' are intimately connected to female physiology and alleged female psychology. The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the bible of the psychiatric profession) expressly professes gender biaspersonality disorders such as Borderline and Histrionic are supposed to be more common among women. but the DSM is rather evenhandedother personality disorders (e.g., the Narcissistic and Antisocial as well as the Schizotypal, ObsessiveCompulsive, Schizoid, and Paranoid) are more prevalent among men. Why this gender disparity? There are a few possible answers. (From the book "Malignant SelfloveNarcissism Revisited" by Sam Vaknin Click on this link to purchase the print book, or 16 ebooks, or 2 DVDs with 12 hours of video lectures on narcissists, psychopaths, and abuse in relationships)
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