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Health Encyclopedia: Personality Disorders
Symptoms vary widely depending on the specific type of personality disorder.
Signs and tests
Personality disorders are diagnosed based on a psychological evaluation and the history and severity of the symptoms. Currently, mental health professionals categorize these disorders into the following subtypes:
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Expert & Community Posts
Predicting Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...system (DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10) refers to schizotypal personality disorder. In fact two categories... Read more »
Is It Bipolar? Or Is It Something Else?
By John McManamy , Health Expert...distinction between various mood (and other) disorders and personality disorders. The... Read more »
Some hope for Borderline Personality Disorder
By Deborah Gray , Health ExpertBorderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a personality disorder that is often accompanied by... Read more »
Health Guide
Paranoid personality disorder
Personality disorder - paranoid Symptoms People with paranoid personality disorder are highly suspicious of other people. They are usually unable to... Read more »Narcissistic personality disorder
A person with narcissistic personality disorder: Reacts to criticism with feelings or rage, shame, or humiliation Takes advantage of others to achieve own goals Has... Read more »Eating Disorders: Risk Factors
...average on IQ tests. People with bulimia, but not anorexia, had higher nonverbal than verbal scores.Personality DisordersA 2000 study reported that people with eating disorders tended to share... Read more »Depression Risk
...depression, particularly after an adverse life event. In line with these findings, the following specific personality disorders have been associated not only to a first episode of depression, but... Read more »Epilepsy: Long-Term Treatment
...actually have nonepileptic seizures that in many cases are caused by psychiatric conditions (panic attack, personality disorders).The doctor should first address these issues. If the patient still... Read more »
Medications
...you have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or personality disorder. In such cases, if you... Read more »
...you have a history of alcoholism, drug abuse, or personality disorder. In such cases, if you... Read more »
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Q&A: Bipolar disorder may appear to make borderline personality worse
July 27, 2009A mother asks experts why her 36-year-old daughter's borderline personality disorder is suddenly worsening. Dr. Charles Raison responds to the... Read summary »
New study looks at ADHD, substance abuse link
September 22, 2008A new study is going to examine the links between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance abuse. This European project will last 14... Read summary »
Borderline personality disorder often misread: experts
June 18, 2009According to experts, borderline personality disorder is a poorly understood yet common mood disorder that is often misread by the friends and family... Read summary »
Childhood stress tied to adult mental disorders
October 03, 2008Adults in treatment for severe mental disorders have experienced greater levels of childhood stress than adults who don't have psychiatric disorders,... Read summary »
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March 28, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The race of a child may determine how susceptible they are to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Black children have more... Read summary »
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