Personality Disorders
Diagnosis > Personality Disorders
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Deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of thinking, feeling, behaving and social functioning which are relatively inflexible.
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Developmental origin, tend to be lifelong.
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Cause clinically significant distress to self and others.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Description:
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Suspicious,
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Jealous,
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Resentful,
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Bears grudges,
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Has excessive sensitiveness to setbacks,
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Has a high sense of personal rights and a sense of self importance
Schizoid Personality Disorder
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Emotionally cold,
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Detached and aloof,
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Lacks enjoyment and humourless,
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Prone to fantasy,
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Lack of intimate relationships,
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Solitary,
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Insensitive to social norms and indifferent to praise or criticism
Dissocial Personality Disorder
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Callous lack of concern for the feeling of others,
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Incapacity to maintain relationships,
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Irresponsibility,
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Disregard for social norms,
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Low tolerance to frustration,
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Low threshold for aggression,
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Lack of remorse or guilt,
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Failure to accept responsibility for actions
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
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Impulsive Type - Description:
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Emotional instability and lack of impulse control,
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Outbursts of violence or threatening behaviour are common, particularly in response to criticism by others.
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Borderline-Type - Description:
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Several of the characteristics of emotional instability are present.
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The patient's own self-image is often disturbed.
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Chronic feelings of emptiness.
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A liability to become involved in intense and unstable relationships.
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Repeated emotional crises.
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Excessive efforts to avoid abandonment and a series of suicidal threats or acts of self-harm.
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Histrionic Personality Disorder
Description:
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Shallow,
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Labile Affect,
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Self-Dramatization,
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Suggestibility,
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Inappropriate Seductiveness,
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Seeks attention/excitement,
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Over-concern with physical attractiveness
Anankastic Personality Disorder
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Preoccupied with details,
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Inhibited by perfectionism,
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Over-conscientious,
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Excessively concerned with productivity,
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Rigid and stubborn,
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Pedantic,
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Has excessive doubt and caution,
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Expects others to submit to their ways
Anxious (Avoidant) Personality Disorder
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Persistent and pervasive tension,
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Feels socially inferior,
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Preoccupied with rejection/ being criticised,
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Avoids involvement with unfamiliar people,
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Restricts lifestyle due to need for security,
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Avoids social activity
Dependent Personality Disorder
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Allows others to make important life decisions,
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Unduly compliant,
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Unwilling to make reasonable demands on others,
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Feels unable to care for self,
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Fear being abandoned,
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Needs excessive help to make decisions