10 Personality Disorders

Paranoid personality disorder

A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent

Schizoid personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings

Schizotypal personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with reduced capacity for close relationships, as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior

Antisocial personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others

Borderline personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and control over impulses

Histrionic personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of excessive emotion and attention seeking

Narcissistic personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy

Avoidant personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

Dependent personality disorder

A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of, which leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency

Main belief of paranoid

I cannot trust people

Main belief of schizotypal

It’s better to be isolated from others

Main belief of schizoid

Relationships are messy, undesirable

Main belief of histrionic

People are there to serve or admire me

Main belief of narcissistic

Since I am special, I deserve special rules

Main belief of borderline

I deserve to be punished

Main belief of antisocial

I am entitled to break rules

Main belief of avoidant

If people knew the “real” me, they would reject me

Main belief of dependent

I need people to survive, be happy

Main belief of obsessive-compulsive

People should do better, try harder