Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders StroikaA multimedia guide to personality disorders. Invaluable reference for medical professionals, students and patients alik

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StroikaA multimedia guide to personality disorders. Invaluable reference for medical professionals, students and patients alike. Includes diagnostic factors, symptoms, description and video. Covering;Antisocial (Dissocial) personality disorder, Avoidant (Anxious) personality disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder, Histrionic personality disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder, Obsessivecompulsive (Anankastic) personality disorder, Paranoid personality disorder, Passiveaggressive personality disorder, Psychopathic personality disorder, Sadistic personality disorder, Schizoid personality disorder and Self-defeating personality disorder.How to recognise behaviour that indicates an underlying personality disorder. Where to find help. General information on character disorders and how they manifest themselves. Links to more information, including treatments, from wikipedia and other resources. Convenient revision card format. Flick between conditions or search the index. Image to help you remember or revise.Disclaimer: This guide is no replacement for advice from a suitably qualified professional. The information contained is for educational purposes only. The diagnostic requirements are guidelines only. Diagnosis of a personality disorder requires an examination by a suitably qualified professional. If you are concerned about your own mental health, or that of someone else, you should seek professional help at the earliest opportunity.

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Commonly question about Personality Disorders

Question :

Personality Disorders?

What are the most commonly seen personality disorders?
What kinds of therapy can someone get? Are there other ways of get help? Like medicines?

Answer :
Personality disorders are fairly treatment-resistant. Docs treat the symptoms as best they can, but unlike Axis I affective disorders the Axis II personality disorders tend to be more pervasive (affecting more parts of the person s life) and more persistent (depression is an episodic illness, personality disorders don t go away).

Most of the personality disorders have an occurrence rate of 1 to 3% of the population.

Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is notoriously underdiagnosed. It affects 3 or 4% of the population. Partly because it s less recognized and partly because people with it don t usually seek treatment, ASPD is infrequently diagnosed.

For all personality disorders, the most effective treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy. Such therapy helps the person recognize and counter maladaptive thoughts. Therapy in combination with medication usually yields the best results.

For some personality disorders (like ASPD), there really is no effective treatment.

Question :

Personality disorders?

Can personality disorders be passed down? Are they genetic? Are they developed or are they there from birth? Is it always required for a diagnosis that the person has to be 18 before being diagnosed with a personality disorder?

Answer :
You are not born with a personality disorder and they are not genetic. Personality disorders usually develop during the teens or early 20 s as a result of trauma or abuse in childhood. Some doctors will diagnose them before the age of 18 but not too many because the hormonal issues that go with being a teen can mimic personality disorders and they go away in the late teens so they are hesitant to diagnose a disorder when it could be just teen behavior that will go away.

Question :

Personality disorders?

what is the history of personality disorders? can u sum it up in one or 2 paragraphs and give me the source/ bibliography? thanx

Answer :
Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions. Because of the inflexibility and pervasiveness of these patterns, they can cause serious problems and impairment of functioning for the persons who are afflicted with these disorders.

Personality disorders are seen by the American Psychiatric Association as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it. These patterns are inflexible and pervasive across many situations. The onset of the pattern can be traced back at least to the beginning of adulthood. To be diagnosed as a personality disorder, a behavioral pattern must cause significant distress or impairment in personal, social, and/or occupational situations.


Personality disorders are noted on Axis II of the diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM, or DSM-IV-TR as it is currently in its fourth edition with a text revision). (Note: Mental Retardation is also noted on Axis II).

General diagnostic criteria for a personality disorder

To make a diagnosis of a personality disorder, these criteria must be satisfied in addition to the specific criteria listed under the individually named personality disorders.

A. Experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual s culture. This pattern is manifested in two (or more) of the following areas:

1. cognition (perception and interpretation of self, others and events)
2. affect (the range, intensity, lability, and appropriateness of emotional response)
3. interpersonal functioning
4. impulse control

B. The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.

C. The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

D. The pattern is stable and of long duration and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood.

E. The enduring pattern is not better accounted for as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder.

F. The enduring pattern is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition such as head injury.

People under 18 years old who fit the criteria of a personality disorder are usually not diagnosed with such a disorder, although they may be diagnosed with a related disorder. Antisocial personality disorder cannot be diagnosed at all in persons under 18.

The DSM-IV lists ten personality disorders, which are grouped into three clusters:

Cluster A (odd or eccentric disorders)

* Paranoid personality disorder
* Schizoid personality disorder
* Schizotypal personality disorder

Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders)

* Antisocial personality disorder
* Borderline personality disorder
* Histrionic personality disorder
* Narcissistic personality disorder

Cluster C (anxious or fearful disorders)

* Avoidant personality disorder
* Dependent personality disorder (not the same as Dysthymia)
* Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (not the same as Obsessive-compulsive disorder)

Source(s):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality
DSM IV