Personality Disorders
Advances in treatment of borderline personality disorder
An editorial in the January 2006 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry concludes that mental health professionals…
Personality Disorders
Clinical Manifestations
Personality disorders are characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and interpersonal behavior that are relatively…
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Individuals with histrionic personality disorder have excessive superficial emotionality and a powerful need for attention.
Epidemiology…
Personality Disorders: Management
Because personality may have temperamental components and is developed over a lifetime of interacting with the environment, personality…
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
These individuals are perfectionists who require a great deal of order and control.
Epidemiology
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Dependent Personality Disorder
Individuals with dependent personality disorder are extremely needy, relying on others for emotional support and decision making.
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
Individuals with avoidant personality disorder desire relationships but avoid them because of the anxiety produced by their sense…
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Individuals with narcissistic personality disorder appear arrogant and entitled but suffer from extremely low self-esteem.
Epidemiology…
Borderline Personality Disorder
Individuals with borderline personality disorder suffer from instability in relationships, self-image, affect, and impulse control.
Epidemiology…
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASP)
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASP)
Individuals with ASP repetitively disregard the rules and laws of society and…
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Individuals with schizoid personality disorder are emotionally detached and prefer to be left alone.
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder
People with paranoid personality disorder are distrustful and suspicious and anticipate harm and betrayal.
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Individuals with schizotypal personality disorder have odd thoughts, affects, perceptions, and beliefs.
Epidemiology
Lifetime…
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