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Personality Disorder Types
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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Paranoid personality disorder -
Schizoid personality disorder -
Schizotypal personality disorder -
Antisocial p...
Expert & Community Posts
Predicting Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...a feature known as magical thinking. Of these two personality disorder types, the schizotypal... 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 »
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 »
Breaking Down Bipolar
By John McManamy , Health Expert...the irrational thinking brain were consistent with personality disorders, such as borderline... Read more »
Health Guide
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 »Eating Disorders: Introduction
...are behavioral issues brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional and personality disorders, family pressures, a possible genetic or biologic susceptibility, and a... Read more »Eating Disorders: Complications of Anorexia
...in weight at the time of treatmentBeing sick for more than 6 yearsHaving been previously obeseHaving personality disordersHaving an accompanying severe psychological disorderHaving a dysfunctional... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Risk Factors
...childhood. The bottom line is that studies have not found any consistent association between emotional or personality disorders and CFS to explain any causal role. Some may however, serve as a... Read more »
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