Mental/Emotional Health
DO personality disorders run in the family?
Hi Mollee, Thank you for sending us your question. Your question of whether personality disorders are linked to genetics is a still a much debated subject by experts. Other factors that are thought to effect personality disorders are social, environmental and biological to name a few. I used the terms Personality AND Genetics to search the google.com database. Two medical websites that I think you will find useful in understanding whether personality disorders are linked to genetics are; Mental Help Net - Personality Disorders http://mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=8 An Introduction to Personality Disorders http://www.mental-health-matters.com/articles/ article.php?artID=263 Hopefully these sites help in answering your question. Regards, Ali (Library Technician )