What is a Personality Disorder?
Personality disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions in which a person's long-term (chronic) behaviors, emotions, and thoughts are very different from their culture's expectations and cause serious problems with relationships and work.
Types
-Antisocial personality disorder
-Avoidant personality disorder
-Borderline personality disorder
-Dependent personality disorder
-Histrionic personality disorder
-Narcissistic personality disorder
-Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
-Paranoid personality disorder
-Schizoid personality disorder
-Schizotypal personality disorder
Symptoms
NOTE: There are a very wide range of symptoms these are just in general.
They involve: feelings, thoughts and behaviors that don't adapt to a range of settings. Usually beginning in adolescence with later problems that deal with work or other relationships (Family, Friends, Etc.).
NOTE: These symptoms can also range from mild-severe.
Testing
Testing someone for a personality disorder usually is based off of a psychological evaluation. Also looking at past events, family history and past behaviors will usually be checked as well. Then from there they determine the type of personality disorder and the severity of the symptoms.
Treatment
At first, people with these disorders usually do not seek treatment on their own. They tend to seek help once their behavior has caused severe problems in their relationships or work, or when they are diagnosed with another psychiatric problem, such as a mood or substance abuse disorder.
Although personality disorders take time to treat, there is increasing evidence that certain forms of talk therapy can help many people. In some cases, medications can be a useful addition to therapy.
Personality disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions in which a person's long-term (chronic) behaviors, emotions, and thoughts are very different from their culture's expectations and cause serious problems with relationships and work.
Types
-Antisocial personality disorder
-Avoidant personality disorder
-Borderline personality disorder
-Dependent personality disorder
-Histrionic personality disorder
-Narcissistic personality disorder
-Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
-Paranoid personality disorder
-Schizoid personality disorder
-Schizotypal personality disorder
Symptoms
NOTE: There are a very wide range of symptoms these are just in general.
They involve: feelings, thoughts and behaviors that don't adapt to a range of settings. Usually beginning in adolescence with later problems that deal with work or other relationships (Family, Friends, Etc.).
NOTE: These symptoms can also range from mild-severe.
Testing
Testing someone for a personality disorder usually is based off of a psychological evaluation. Also looking at past events, family history and past behaviors will usually be checked as well. Then from there they determine the type of personality disorder and the severity of the symptoms.
Treatment
At first, people with these disorders usually do not seek treatment on their own. They tend to seek help once their behavior has caused severe problems in their relationships or work, or when they are diagnosed with another psychiatric problem, such as a mood or substance abuse disorder.
Although personality disorders take time to treat, there is increasing evidence that certain forms of talk therapy can help many people. In some cases, medications can be a useful addition to therapy.