Personality Disorder

Teenage years or early adulthood

Personality Disorder

Definition

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Causes of Disorder

Types of Disorders

Onset

When do symptoms start?

Type of mental disorder in which you have a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning, and behaving

1. Psychotherapy2. Medications3. Hospitalization

1. Cluster A: 3. Cluster C: -Paranoid -Avoidantdistrust and suspicion towards others Social inhibition, timid, isolation -Schizoid -DependentNo interest in social/personal Dependence on othersrelationships-Schizotypal -Obsessive-compulsivePeculiar dress, thinking, beliefs, Desire to be in control of speech, or behavior people, tasks and situations2. Cluster B:-AntisocialDisregard for others' needs or feelings-BorderlineImpulsive and risky behavior-HistrionicConstantly seeking attention-NarcissisticSpecial/more important than others

Treatments

Symptoms

Interesting Fact:

High Risk of Personality Disorder from...1. Abuse during childhood2. Separation from parents during childhood3. An unstable family life during childhood

1. Your Genes2. Your Environment

By: Alyse Dutcher ' Brendan Shanahan