Personality Disorder

• Personality Disorder Cluster A is Odd-Eccentric
• Personality Disorder Cluster B is Dramatic-Emotional
• Personality Disorder Cluster C is Anxious-Fearful
• Cluster A includes Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal
• Cluster B includes Borderline, Histrionic, Antsocial, and Narcissistic
• Cluster C includes Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive
• Paranoid individuals are suspicious and mistrustful of others, often without valid reasons
• Schizoid people tend to be emotionally detached and have limited interest in forming close relationships
• Schizotypal people are characterized by peculiar beliefs, behaviours, and speech patterns
• Borderline individuals experience intense and unstable relationships, self-images, and emotions. they also have a fear of abandonment and engage in impulsive behaviours
• Histrionic individuals are characterized by a pervasive pattern of excessive attention-seeking and emotional expression, and often crave being the center of attention
• Antisocial Individuals often display a disregard for the rights of others and a lack of empathy, often engage in manipulative and deceitful behaviours
• Narcissistic individuals have an inflated sense of self-importance and a constant need for admiration, often lacking empathy and exploit others for personal gain
• Avoidant individuals are extremely sensitive to rejection and have an overwhelming fear of criticism or disapproval, tend to avoid social interactions and new relations due to deep-seated beliefs that they are socially inept and unlikable
• Obsessive-Compulsive individuals are characterized by an intense need for order, perfectionism, and control, often preoccupied with rules, schedules, and details
• Conduct Disorder is a childhood and adolescent disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of behaviour that violates the rights of others and societal norms
• There are 4 criteria in in Conduct disorder
• Aggression to people and animals includes bullying, threatening, and intimidating others, being physically cruel to animas and people, and initiates physical fights
• Destruction of Property includes deliberately destroying others’ property or engaging in fire-setting with the intention of causing serious damage
• Deceitfulness or Theft includes breaking into someone else’s house, building, or car, lies to obtain goods, favors, or avoid obligation, or stealing nontrivial items without confronting a victim
• Serious Violations of Rules includes staying out at night despite parental prohibitions before the age of 13, running away from home overnight at least twice, or often truant from school before the age of 13
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a childhood behavioural disorder characterized by a recurrent pattern of anger, irritable, defiant, and vindictive behaviour.
• Intermittent Explosive Disorder is characterized by recurrent, impulsive, and aggressive outbursts that are out of proportion to the triggering situation