Personality Disorders
It is a crackbrained idea to judge my character based on your personality - Dr. P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
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Thinking Clearly About Personality Disorders
Personality problems aren’t exactly new or hidden. They play out in Greek mythology, from Narcissus to the sadistic Ares. They percolate through biblical stories of madmen, compulsives and charismatics. They are writ large across the 20th century, with its rogues’ gallery of vainglorious, murderous dictators.
Yet it turns out that producing precise, lasting definitions of extreme behavior patterns is exhausting work. It took more than a decade of observing patients before the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin could draw a clear line between psychotic disorders, like schizophrenia, and mood problems, like depression or bipolar disorder.
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People with personality disorders are more likely to sign up for psychology studies – here’s why that’s a problem
What this new study has revealed is a potentially worrying issue of self-selection. Since participants in research choose which studies to take part in, the results of the research may be unduly influenced by a large number of participants of a particular type taking part. Study bias is a serious issue.
The Challenges Of Treating Personality Disorders
Personality disorders represent some of the most challenging and mysterious problems in the field of mental health. People suffering from antisocial personality disorder or obsessive compulsive personality disorder are often misdiagnosed. The effects on the sufferers and their families can be wrenching.
What Is A Personality Disorder? | The Three Clusters Explained
Everyone has a unique personality. Each person thinks, feels, and behaves differently. Personality is developed through experiences, environment, and inherited traits. We often speak of someone having a “great personality” as a reason for enjoying the company of that person. So, what is a personality disorder? When aspects of the personality become troublesome, for the individual as well as for those around them, they may be diagnosed with a disorder. The diagnoses are generally categorized into three clusters.
Explainer: what are personality disorders and how are they treated?
Personality describes individual characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. A personality disorder is a class of mental disorders that are diagnosed when these patterns are repeatedly and seriously inflexible and dysfunctional, over an extended period of time. Personality disturbances have long been recognised through history. Narcissism takes its name from the Greek myth of 50BC.
I have borderline personality disorder. Here are 6 things I wish people understood
Over the past eight years, despite several doctors diagnosing me with borderline personality disorder, I resisted identifying with the disease. I latched on to other diagnoses with lesser stigmas — bipolar disorder, major depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder. This summer, I finally looked up a list of symptoms. It was so in line with my experience that I finally had to concede: I have borderline personality disorder.
Mood and personality disorders are often misconceived: here’s what you need to know
Unlike physical conditions, we don’t have a biological test that can magically tell us what mental condition we’re dealing with. Mental health practitioners are carefully trained to observe symptom patterns: the right diagnosis guides the appropriate treatment. For example, first-line treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder often focuses on medication. While dissociative identity disorder and borderline personality disorders are treated primarily with psychological therapy.
Our concern and disappointment over article on personality disorders
As a group of mental health professionals and people with lived experience, we were shocked and disappointed with the tone and content of the piece. Personality disorder is a recognised mental health condition and people who have this diagnosis have suffered many years of stigma and discrimination.
Types of Personality Disorder
Outlining the types of personality disorders, their characteristics and what to do if you're struggling with one.
What are Personality Disorders?
To be classified as a personality disorder, one's way of thinking, feeling and behaving deviates from the expectations of the culture, causes distress or problems functioning, and lasts over time.1 The pattern of experience and behavior usually begins by late adolescence or early adulthood and causes distress or problems in functioning. Without treatment, personality disorders can be long-lasting. There are 10 specific types of personality disorders in the DSM-5-TR. Personality disorders are long-term patterns of behavior and inner experiences that differ significantly from what is expected. They affect at least two of these areas:
Thinking Clearly About Personality Disorders
Personality disorders occupy a troublesome niche in psychiatry. The 10 recognized syndromes are fairly well represented on the self-help shelves of bookstores and include such well-known types as narcissistic personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, as well as dependent and histrionic personalities.
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The actual number of people afflicted may be larger than this percentage since some people with personality disorders do not seek treatment or get a formal diagnosis. This proportion may change among nations and cultures. It is crucial to note that there might be large variations in the prevalence of any individual personality disorder.
Personality Disorder Awareness Network
Personality Disorder Awareness Network (PDAN) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing public awareness of personality disorders, alleviating the impact of personality disorders on families, and intervening early in the personality development of children.
PD and Me
As part of the course we are asked to carry out a project that will benefit the PD community and we decided that we want we wanted to create a website for those who have been newly diagnosed with a Personality Disorder to help them understand their diagnosis, have a place where there is a pool of resources and information around PD, discover where to find help, learn how to manage crisis, develop new coping skills, learn about treatment options and to hear from those with lived experience who you can relate to.
BorderlineDisorders.com
BorderlineDisorders.com is a website founded and maintained by a group of clinicians and researchers dedicated to the study and practice of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for borderline and other personality disorders.
Journal of Personality Disorders
The Journal of Personality Disorders has long been a singular forum devoted exclusively to the diagnosis and treatment of clinically significant personality disorders. The journal fosters dialogue among researchers and practitioners working from a variety of orientations and approaches, with a well established international impact.
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
The mission of National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder is to provide education, raise public awareness and understanding, decrease stigma, promote research, and enhance the quality of life of those affected by Borderline Personality Disorder and/or related problems, including emotion dysregulation.
StatPearls
Personality disorders are pervasive, maladaptive, and chronic patterns of behavior, cognition, and mood. Persons who have personality disorders experience distorted perceptions of reality and abnormal affective responses, ultimately manifesting in distress across all aspects of the individual's life, including occupational difficulties, impaired social functioning, and interpersonal hardships.
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