Personality Disorders

Personality disorders

Editing maladaptive patterns of behavior and thinking

Symptoms

• Impulsivity

• Social anxiety

• Unstable relationships

• Fear of abandonment

Paranoid personality disorder

• Cluster A

• People with this disorder are distrustful of others to the extent that it makes it hard to function and form relationships. They believe people are out to get them

Schizoid personality disorder

• Cluster A

• Desire to remain socially withdrawn from others. Often avoid social, situations and interactions, and find difficulty in expressing emotions

Schizotypal personality disorder

• Cluster A

• Few close relationships and don’t understand how relationships form and how their behaviors impacts others

Antisocial personality disorder

• Cluster B

• Lack of empathy and regard for other people

• Little to no regard for what’s right or wrong

• Antagonize and often acts insensitive to others

Histrionic personality disorder

• Cluster B

• Unstable emotions, a distorted self-image, and an overwhelming desire to be noticed. Tends to occur with other disorders

Narcissistic personality disorder

• Cluster B

• Unreasonably high sense of one’s own important. Want admiration and lack ability to understand or care about the feelings of others

Borderline personality disorder

• Cluster B

• Unstable moods and emotions, behaviors, and relationships

• Higher levels of emotions

Avoidant personality disorder

• Cluster C

• Behavior related to social inhibition, sensitivity, and feelings of inadequacy that causes problems in relationships and work situations

Dependent personality disorder

• Cluster C

• Excessive need to be taken care of

• Tend to be very clingy, difficulty doing things without others

Obsessive compulsive personality disorder

• Cluster C

• Excessive preoccupation and perfectionism

• Behaviors interfere with completing tasks and maintaining relationships

• Rigid beliefs

• Don’t like flexibility

Possible causes

• Genetics

• Environment

• Trauma

• Brain structure differences

Cluster A

Odd, eccentric personality disorders

Cluster B

Dramatic, emotional, erratic personality disorders

Cluster C

Anxious, fearful personality disorders