Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders

1. Odd

   • Personality Disorders: Cluster A - Odd
   • Paranoid
     • pattern of distrust and suspiciousness that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent
   • Schizotypal
     • pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior
   • Schizoid
     • pattern on detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression

2. Dramatic

   • Personality Disorders: Cluster B - Dramatic
   • Antisocial
     • pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others
   • Borderline
     • pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity
   • Histrionic
     • pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking
   • Narcissistic
     • pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy

3. Anxious

   • Personality Disorders: Cluster C - Anxious
   • Avoidant
     • pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
   • Dependent
     • pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of
   • Obsessive-Compulsive
     • pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

4. Other

   • Personality change due to another medical condition
     • judged to be due to the direct physiological effects of a medical condition (i. e. frontal lobe lesion)
   • Other specified personality disorder
     • meets criteria for a general personality disorder, but not a specific type, the term "specified" indicates reasoning for diagnosis
   • Unspecified personality disorder
     • similar to specified, but the clinician chooses not to specify reasoning, usually due to insufficient information