Future directions in personality pathology

Peter Fonagy; Chloe Campbell

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.01.001

Future directions in personality pathology

Curr Opin Psychol. 2021 Feb:37:145-151. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Jan 9.

Authors

Peter Fonagy¹, Chloe Campbell²

Affiliations

¹ Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK; Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK. Electronic address: p.fonagy@ucl.ac.uk.
² Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK; Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK.

PMID: 33571731
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.01.001

Abstract

This article suggests two areas of future development in the realm of personality pathology. First, a reconceptualization of personality pathology in the context of research evidence suggestive of a single model for psychopathology. Recent work on the 'p factor', in combination with findings from clinical research, behavior genetics, molecular biology, and neurobiological models are considered in relation to this reconceptualization of personality pathology. Second, a cultural-developmental model for personality pathology is proposed, based on Gergely and Csibra's work on natural pedagogy, Tomasello's work on joint attention and intentionality, and our recent work on epistemic trust and the social-communicative nature of psychopathology.

Keywords: Epistemic trust; Mentalizing; Personality disorder.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Communication
Humans
Personality Disorders*
Personality*
Psychopathology
Trust

Grants and funding

DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom