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personality disorders

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Excessively rigid behaviour patterns, or ways of relating to others, that ultimately become self-defeating.

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ego syntonic

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Referring to behaviours or feelings that are perceived as natural parts of the self.

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ego dystonic

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Referring to behaviours or feelings that are perceived to be alien to one’s self-identity.

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The Three Clusters of DSM Personality Disorders:

Cluster A

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People who are perceived as odd or eccentric. This cluster includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.

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The Three Clusters of DSM Personality Disorders:

Cluster B

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People whose behaviour is overly dramatic, emotional, or erratic. This grouping consists of antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissitic personality disorders.

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The Three Clusters of DSM Personality Disorders:

Cluster C

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People who often appear anxious or fearful. This cluster includes avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders.

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Cluster A:

Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Pervasive supspicousness of the motivevs of others but without outright paranoid delusions.

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Cluster A:

Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Social aloofness and blunted emotions. Characterized by persistent lack of interest in social relationships, flattened affect, and social withdrawal.

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Cluster A:

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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Persistent difficulty forming close social relationships and odd or peculiar beliefs and behaviours without clear psychotic features. Characterized by eccentricities of thought and behaviour.

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Cluster B:

Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Chronic antisocial behaviour, callous treatment of others, irresponsible behaviour, and lack of remorse for wrongdoing.

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Cluster B:

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

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Tumultuous moods and stormy relationships with others, unstable self-image, and lack of impulse control.

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Cluster B:

Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Overly dramatic and emotional behaviour; demands to be the center of attention; excessive needs for reassurance, praise, and approval.

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Cluster B:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Grandiose sense of self; extreme needs for admiration.

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Cluster C:

Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Chronic pattern of avoiding social relationships due to fears of rejection.

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Cluster C:

Dependent Personality Disorder

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Excessive dependence on others and difficulty making independent decisions.

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Cluster C:

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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Excessive needs for orderliness and perfectionism, excessive attention to detail, rigid ways of relating to others.

Unlike obsessive-compulsive anxiety disorder, people with obsessive comopulsive personality disorder do not necessarily experience outright obsessions or compulsions; if they do, both diagnoses may be appropriate.

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splitting

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An inability to reconcile the positive and negative aspects of the self and others, resulting in sudden shifts between positive and negative feelings.

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impulse control disorders

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A category of psychological disorders characterized by failure to control imulses, temptations, or drives, resulting in harm to oneself others.

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pathological gambling

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A type of impulse control disorder characterized by a pattern of habitual gambling and impaired control over the behaviour.

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kleptomania

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A type of impulse disorder characterized by a pattern of compulsive stealing.