Lesson 36: Personality Disorders

Personality

Characteristic, routine ways of thinking, feeling, and relating to others

Personality disorders

When personality traits result in significant distress, social impairment, and/or occupational impairment

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Odd or eccentric thinking, unrelenting mistrust and suspicion of others

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Introversion, withdrawn, cold, isolated, limited range of emotion, anhedonic (lack of pleasure or capacity to experience it)

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Neuroticism (social anxiety), Introversion (withdrawn), unconventionality (odd, weird ideas), antagonism (suspicious)

Introverted, socially anxious, suspicious, and displays odd beliefs or behaviors.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Use others, breaks laws, reckless, irritable, aggressive, irresponsible, dishonest, self-centered, impulsive, no regard for others or consequences.

Low agreeableness and conscientiousness; impulsive, dishonest, and lacks empathy.

Borderline Personality Disorder

Moody, unstable, no sense of identity, self-destructive, clingy, lonely, angry, emotions inappropriate/excessive

Very high neuroticism; emotionally unstable, impulsive, and fearful of abandonment.

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Maladaptive extraversion (attention seeking, seductiveness, ‘drama queen/ling’, strong attachment needs

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Neuroticism (reactive anger, shame, need for praise), extroversion (exhibitionism), conscientiousness (acclaim-seeking)

High extraversion and low agreeableness; grandiose, entitled, and seeks admiration.

Odd or Eccentric

Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal

Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic

Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic

Anxiety or Fearfulness

Avoidant, Dependent, OCD

Avoidant

High neuroticism and low extraversion; socially inhibited and fears rejection.

Obsessive-Compulsive (OCPD)

Extremely high conscientiousness; perfectionistic, rigid, and controlling.

Ego-syntonic

The person's behaviors and beliefs feel normal to them. As a result, they often have little motivation to seek treatment.