Konrad Banicki is an assistant professor at the Institute of Applied Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Poland. He is a philosopher, psychologist, and cognitive-behavioral therapist as well as a convenor of the Understanding Personality Disorders network associated with St Catherine's College Oxford. Peter Zachar is Professor of Psychology at Auburn University at Montgomery. He Is the author of two previous books, Psychological Concepts and Biological Psychiatry (2000) and A Metaphysics of Psychopathology (2014), and has served as editor or co-editor of seven additional volumes.
'Banicki and Zachar have assembled the most comprehensive and wide-ranging collection of original works about personality disorders that has ever been published. Their book encompasses multiple theoretical perspectives on these conditions as well as deeply researched empirical studies. Conceptualizing Personality Disorder is essential reading for everyone with an interest in the various personality disorders.' Allan V. Horwitz, Distinguished Board of Governors Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Rutgers University