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Personality Disorder
Personality Disorders
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Schizoid Personality Disorder | Cluster A: a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression |
| Paranoid Personality Disorder | Cluster A: a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent |
| Schizotypal Personality Disorder | Cluster A: a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior |
| Antisocial Personality Disorder | Cluster B: repeated illegal acts, lying for profit or pleasure, impulsive and fails to plan for future, lack of remorse |
| Borderline Personality Disorder | Cluster B: frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, pattern of unstable & intense relationships, impulsivity often with self-damaging behavior, chronic feelings of emptiness |
| Histrionic Personality Disorder | Cluster B: uncomfortable in situations where they are not the center of attention , inappropriate seductive, sexualized or provocative interactions, easily influenced |
| Narcissistic Personality Disorder | Cluster B: grandiose sense of importance, fantasies of power, success, brilliance, lacks empathy, envious of others and belief that others envy them |
| Avoidant Personality Disorder | Cluster C: fear of criticism or rejection, preoccupation with being rejected in social settings, views self as inept or unappealing, reluctant to take risks |
| Dependent Personality Disorder | Cluster C: difficulty expressing disagreement, difficulty making decisions without advice, difficulty beginning projects alone |
| Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder | Cluster C: preoccupation with rules and order, perfectionism, excessive demotion to work and productivity, difficulty discarding objects |
| Cluster A Personality Disorders | Patients in this cluster present as odd or eccentric |
| Cluster B Personality Disorders | This cluster is characterized by affect instability |
| Cluster C Personality Disorders | This cluster is associated with anxiety or fear |