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Personality Disorders

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Schizoid Personality Disorder   pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.  
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder   pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.  
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Antisocial Personality Disorder   pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.  
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Borderline Personality Disorder   pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.  
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Histrionic Personality Disorder   pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking  
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Paranoid Personality Disorder   pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent  
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Avoidant Personality Disorder   pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.  
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Dependent Personality Disorder   pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.  
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder   pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control.  
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General Criteria, Personality Disorder   enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior, deviates from cultural norms, in at least 2 areas including cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, and impulse control  
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Suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her   Paranoid  
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Is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates   Paranoid  
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Is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her   Paranoid  
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Reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events   Paranoid  
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persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights   Paranoid  
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perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack   Paranoid  
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Has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner   Paranoid  
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Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, including being part of a family   Schizoid  
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Almost always chooses solitary activities   Schizoid  
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Has little, if any, interest in having sexual experiences with another person   Schizoid  
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takes pleasure in few, if any, activities   Schizoid  
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Lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives   Schizoid  
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Appears indifferent to the praise or criticism of others   Schizoid  
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Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity   Schizoid  
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Ideas of reference (exlcuding delusions of reference)   Schizotypal  
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Odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or sixth sense; in children bizarre fantasies and preoccupations   Schizotypal  
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Unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions   Schizotypal  
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Odd thinking and speech (vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, stereotyped)   Schizotypal  
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Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation   Schizotypal  
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Inappropriate or constricted affect   Schizotypal  
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Behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar   Schizotypal  
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Lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives   Schizotypal  
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Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self   Schizotypal  
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Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest   Antisocial  
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Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure   Antisocial  
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Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead   Antisocial  
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Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults   Antisocial  
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Reckless disregard for safety of self or others   Antisocial  
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Consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations   Antisocial  
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Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another   Antisocial  
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The individual must be at least 18 years of age and have evidence of conduct disorder with onset before the age of 15   Antisocial  
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Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment (not including suicidal or self-harm behavior)   Borderline  
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A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation   Borderline  
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Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self   Borderline  
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Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating) (Do not include suicidal or self-harm behavior)   Borderline  
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Recurrent suicidal behavior, gustures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior   Borderline  
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Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)   Borderline  
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Chronic feelings of emptiness   Borderline  
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Inappropirate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)   Borderline  
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Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms   Borderline  
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Is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention   Histrionic  
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Interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior   Histrionic  
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Displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions   Histrionic  
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Consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self   Histrionic  
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Has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail   Histrionic  
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Shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion   Histrionic  
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Is suggestible, easily influenced by others or circumstances   Histrionic  
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Considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are   Histrionic  
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder   pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy  
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Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)   Narcissistic  
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Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty or ideal love   Narcissistic  
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Believes that he or she is special and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)   Narcissistic  
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Requires excessive admiration   Narcissistic  
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Has a sense of entitlement, unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment of automatic compliance with his or her expectations   Narcissistic  
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Is interpersonally exploitative, takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends   Narcissistic  
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Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recongize or identify with the feelings and needs of others   Narcissistic  
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Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her   Narcissistic  
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Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes   Narcissistic  
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Avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection   Avoidant  
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Is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked   Avoidant  
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Shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed   Avoidant  
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Is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations   Avoidant  
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Is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy   Avoidant  
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Views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others   Avoidant  
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Is unusually reluctant to take personal risks or to engage in any new activities because they may prove embarrassing   Avoidant  
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Has difficulty making everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others   Dependent  
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Needs others to assume responsibility for most major areas of his or her life   Dependent  
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Has difficulty expressing disagreement with others because of fear of loss of support or approval. Do not include realistic fears of retribution   Dependent  
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Has difficulty initiating projects or doing things on his or her own (because of a lack of self-confidence in judgment or abilities rather than a lack of motivation or energy)   Dependent  
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Goes to excessive lengths to obtain nurturance and support from others, to the point of volunteering to do things that are unpleasant   Dependent  
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Feels uncomfortable or helpless when alone because of exaggerated fears of being unable to care for himself or herself   Dependent  
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Urgently seeks another relationship as a source of care and support when a close relationship ends   Dependent  
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Is unrealistically preoccupied with fears of bieng left to take care of himself or herself   Dependent  
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Is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, orer, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion (is unable to complete a project because his or her own overly strict standards are not met)   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity)   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Is overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values (not accounted for by cultural or religious identification)   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others unless they submit to exactly his or her way of doing things   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Adopts a miserly spending style toward both self and others; money is viewed as something to be hoarded for future catastrophes   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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Shows rigidity and stubbornness   Obsessive-Compulsive  
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