Personality Disorders

Personality

• This can be defined as ingrained enduring pattern of behaving and relating to self; others and the environment.

• This includes perception, attitudes, and emotions.

Personality Disorder

an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment. (DSM V)

Cluster A

includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders. Individuals with these disorders often appear odd or eccentric

Cluster B

includes antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders. Individuals with these disorders often appear dramatic, emotional, or erratic.

Paranoid Personality Disorder

A pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent.

Schizoid Personality Disorder

A pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

A pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior

Antisocial Personality Disorder

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

Borderline Personality Disorder

A pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, selfimage, and affects, and marked impulsivity.

Histrionic Personality Disorder

A pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

A pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy.

Avoidant Personality Disorder

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

Dependent Personality Disorder

A pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

A pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control.

Personality change due to another medical condition

is a persistent personality disturbance that is judged to be due to the direct physiological effects of a medical condition (e.g., frontal lobe lesion).

odd/eccentric

Major characteristics of Cluster A: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

Dramatic/erratic

Major characteristics of Cluster B: Antisocial, Borderline Personality, Histrionic, Narcissistic

anxious/fearful

Major characteristics of Cluster C: Avoidant, Dependent, OCPD

Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

Cluster A Disorders includes

Unspecified personality Disorder

1. The individual’s personality pattern meets the general criteria for personality disorder, and traits of several different personality disorders are present, but the criteria for any specific personality disorder are not met

Other specified personality disorder

The individual’s personality pattern meets the general criteria for a personality disorder, but the individual is considered to have a personality disorder that is not included in the DSM-5 Classification

Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic Personality Disorders

Cluster B Disorders includes

Dependent, Avoidant, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders

Cluster C Disorders includes

15 years

Onset of antisocial personality disorder