The people who have them, in many cases, do not seek help because they are able to live normally in some ways - keeping a job, for example. It is in the area of relationships with other people that they run into trouble. They tend to blame others rather than consider that the problem is within themselves. Treatment consists of intensive psychotherapy, sometimes supplemented with medication. They are the result of physical disease or injury to the brain.
Treatment usually consists of rehabilitation programs.
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