Personality Disorder
A personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving. A person with a personality disorder has trouble perceiving and relating to situations and people.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW162
Diagnosis: Personality Disorder(s)-Classifications and Lists
US Patients: This entry is “PW162” just because that number falls on “Personality” in the alphabetical listing.
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: This entry contains the general classifications of personality disorders: paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, antisocial, borderline
Age Onset: histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.
Brain Area:
Symptoms: Enduring maladaptive behaviors of individuals but violating the local, social norms
Progression:
Causes: This entry provides several different perspectives and their respective listings of the various types of personality disorders.
Medications: This entry does not describe the characteristics of any individual diagnosis as this set of overviews is designed to do.
Therapies: No symptoms, progression, cause, medication nor therapy is provided for any specific diagnosis.
Youtube Video:
Short Films about Mental Health-Personality Disorders
Amazon or Library Book:
Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders
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Support Group: nami.org; 800-9506-6264
(National Alliance on Mental Illness)
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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- Management of a Complex Case of Primary Enuresis in an Adult With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Case Reportby Idriss A Mohamed on March 24, 2025
Enuresis is the inability to maintain voluntary control over urination, which is a relatively uncommon condition in adults. Therefore, there is limited research exploring the management of primary enuresis in adult patients with comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), particularly in the Middle Eastern region. We report the case of a 28-year-old female patient who has been following up and treated for comorbid bipolar affective disorder (BAD) and borderline personality disorder...
- Sociological characteristics of alcohol-induced suicide attempters: A retrospective studyby Ryuichiro Narishige on March 24, 2025
CONCLUSION: Acute alcohol consumption was found to be a trigger in approximately one in six suicide attempts and alcohol-induced suicide attempts were not unique in terms of substance dependence. We believe that focusing on those factors that seemed to influence alcohol-induced suicide attempts in the present study could provide clues regarding the prevention of alcohol-induced suicide attempts.
- The temporal stability of problematic gaming and gaming disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysisby An-Pyng Sun on March 24, 2025
Classifying problematic gaming/gaming disorder as a formal psychiatric diagnosis requires data on its level of temporal stability: are the dysfunctional symptoms transient or can they persist in the absence of treatment? To evaluate this question, we conducted a literature review and meta-analysis to investigate temporal stability in problematic gaming/gaming disorder. We identified 50 relevant longitudinal studies on PubMed, PsycINFO, and SCOPUS. Our review and meta-analysis engaged on two...
- Why Do They Do It? The Psychology Behind Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescentsby Marianna Mazza on March 24, 2025
Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is a complex and often debilitating condition that can emerge from early behavioral disturbances in childhood and adolescence. This narrative review provides a comprehensive overview of the current understanding of ASPD in pediatric and adolescent populations, examining key diagnostic challenges, developmental trajectories, and emerging treatment approaches. Recent research underscores the critical role of the early identification of conduct disorder (CD)...