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March 25, 2011

Personality Disorder Diagnoses in Family and Divorce Court: Pros and Cons

Recently, I received an email asking about the significance of an actual personality disorder diagnosis in a divorce or custody case: How helpful are psych evaluations in custody and divorce cases? Does it matter if you can get a personality disorder diagnosis, or is it ultimately irrelevant—unless it’s accompanied by severe acting out (e.g., hitting […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Custody, Divorce, Domestic Violence, High-Conflict, Legal, Natalie Malonis, Parental Alienation, Personality Disorders, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse Tagged With: abusive personality-disordered individuals, abusive relationships, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, Cluster B Personality DIsorders, custody evaluations, custody issues, divorce, Family Law, high-conflict, high-conflict custody, high-conflict divorce, high-conflict individuals, high-conflict people, high-conflict wife, high-conflict women, legal advice, marriage, mental health diagnosis, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorder

October 27, 2010

Leaving an Abusive Wife: Pre-Divorce Checklist

When a man reaches the point of deciding to divorce an abusive wife, he has typically been thinking, and possibly ruminating over, the possibility for many years.    As Dr. T has discussed previously, there are many factors that work against a man’s  successful break from a wife who displays a litany of narcissistic or borderline personality traits.

Filed Under: Abuse, Borderline Personality Disorder, Custody, Divorce, High-Conflict, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Legal, Natalie Malonis, Personality Disorders, Psychological Abuse Tagged With: Breaking up, custody, divorce, high-conflict divorce, high-conflict women, legal advice, parental alienation, pre-divorce checklist

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