PERSONALITY-DISORDERS

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Presence of distrust and suspiciousness, unjustified suspiciousness of being harmed, deceived, or exploited.

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Interpersonal detachment, lack of desire for close relationships, preference for solitude, indifference to praise or criticism.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Social and interpersonal deficits, discomfort with close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, odd beliefs or magical thinking.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Disregard for and violation of the rights of others, repeated lawbreaking, deceitfulness, lack of remorse.

Borderline Personality Disorder

Instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, marked impulsivity, frantic efforts to avoid abandonment.

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, need to be the center of attention, inappropriate sexually seductive behavior.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, belief in one's own importance and superiority.

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to criticism, avoidance of interpersonal contact.

Dependent Personality Disorder

Excessive need to be taken care of, submissive and clinging behavior, fear of separation.

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, mental and interpersonal control, difficulty discarding items, rigidity.