personality disorders

• PERSONALITY DISORDERS - an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment.
• GENERAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture. This pattern is manifested in two (or more) of the following areas: Cognition, Affectivity, Interpersonal Functioning, Impulse Control
  • The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.
• PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • A pattern of distrust and suspiciousness
  • Suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving them
  • Allows comorbidity with other personality disorder
• SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships
  • Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships
  • Almost always chooses solitary activities
  • Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity.
  • in touch in reality
• SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with and reduced capacity for close relationships (same as schizoid)
  • eccentric behavior
  • has cognitive or perceptual distortions
  • premorbid of schizophrenia
• ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others
  • begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
  • deceit and manipulation are central features
  • Must be 18 years of age, There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15 years.
• BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • They experience intense abandonment fears and inappropriate anger when faced with a realistic time-limited separation or when there are unavoidable changes in plans.
  • episodes occur to a real or imagined abandonment.
  • Symptoms tend to be transient, lasting minutes or hours.
• HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • Pervasive and excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior.
  • They do not feel belittle or shame in shameful acts
  • ego syntonic
  • has a tendency of being gullible
• NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • Pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy
  • They (want to) dominate others by flexing their achievements
  • Believes they are superior, special, or unique
• AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • hypersensitive to negative evaluation.
  • tends to isolate bc of fear of criticism, disapproval, or rejection
  • prone to exaggerate the potential dangers of ordinary situations
• OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism
  • at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.
  • plan ahead in meticulous detail and are unwilling to consider changes.
  • masters of control
• DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER

  • A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation,
  • In simple situations they ask permission/rely of others