What are personality disorders | A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour leading to significant problems |
What are Cluster A diseases in the DSM-V classification ( Mad ) | Paranoid/ schizoid/ schizotypal
Odd and eccentric |
What are Cluster B diseases in the DSM-V classification ( Bad ) | Antisocial/borderline (‘emotionally unstable’ in ICD-10)/ histrionic/ narcissistic
Dramatic, emotional and erratic |
What are Cluster C diseases in DSM-V classification ( Sad ) | Avoidant: anxious/ dependent/ obsessive-compulsive
Anxious , fearful |
What is Schizoid | People who don’t desire to have relationships with people
Part of cluster A |
What is Schiziotypical | have odd behavior, speech patterns, thoughts, and perceptions. Other people often describe them as strange or eccentric
Part of Cluster A |
What is Borderline | Frantic efforts to avoid abandonment , potentially self damaging impulsiveness and suicidal threats to manipulate others and chronic feelings of emptiness
Part of Cluster B |
What is Histrionic | Is uncomfortable in situations in which they are not the center of attention, Has interactions with others characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior and displays rapidly shifting expressions of emotions
Part of Cluster B |