PDs as per DSM 5

Personality Disorders

A significant category of mental health disorders impacting an individual’s thinking, feeling, and behavior, characterized by enduring patterns that deviate from cultural expectations.

DSM-5

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, providing a framework for diagnosing and understanding personality disorders.

Definition of Personality Disorders

An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is pervasive, inflexible, stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment.

Cluster A

A classification of personality disorders characterized by odd or eccentric thinking or behavior.

Paranoid Personality Disorder

A disorder marked by pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent.

Schizoid Personality Disorder

A disorder characterized by detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

A disorder involving acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentric behavior.

Cluster B

A classification of personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic thinking or behavior.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

A disorder involving a pattern of disregard for the rights of others, deceit, manipulation, and lack of remorse.

Borderline Personality Disorder

A disorder marked by instability in relationships, self-image, emotions, and impulsive behavior.

Histrionic Personality Disorder

A disorder characterized by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior, with rapidly shifting emotions.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

A disorder involving grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy, with an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

Cluster C

A classification of personality disorders characterized by anxious or fearful thinking or behavior.

Avoidant Personality Disorder

A disorder marked by social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.

Dependent Personality Disorder

A disorder characterized by an excessive need to be taken care of, leading to submissive behavior and fears of separation.

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

A disorder involving preoccupation with orderliness and perfectionism, related to personality traits rather than anxiety-driven behaviors.

Alternative DSM-5 Model

A model for personality disorders emphasizing a dimensional approach, assessing personality functioning and pathological traits.

Personality Functioning

Evaluation of impairments in self (identity and self-direction) and interpersonal functioning (empathy and intimacy).

Pathological Personality Traits

Five broad trait domains identified in the alternative model:Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Antagonism, Disinhibition, and Psychoticism.