DSM-5 Personality Disorders
Personality Disorder - answer- A pervasive pattern of inner experience and behavior
- deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture,
- is pervasive and inflexible
- onset in adolescence or early adulthood
- stable over time
- leads to distress or impairment.
Cluster A Personality Disorders – answer paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal. Individuals
appear odd or eccentric.
Cluster B Personality Disorders – answer Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and
narcissistic. Individuals appear dramatic, emotional, and erratic.
Cluster C Personality Disorders - answer Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive.
Individuals appear anxious or fearful.
Paranoid Personality Disorder - answer A Pervasive pattern of distrust and
suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent,
beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.
Schizoid Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of detachment from social
relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings,
beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. Does not seek close
relationships and fine with it.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of social and
interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close
relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of
behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. Odd beliefs
or magical thinking. Ideas of reference. Bodily illusions. Odd thinking and speech.
Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation.
Antisocial Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15 years. Failure to conform to
social norms. Deceitfulness. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead, reckless disregard for
safety of self and others, irritability and aggressiveness, consistent irresponsibility, Lack
of remorse. Individual at least 18 years of age. Evidence of conduct disorder with
evidence before age 15.
Borderline Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of irritability of
interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity, beginning
Personality Disorder - answer- A pervasive pattern of inner experience and behavior
- deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture,
- is pervasive and inflexible
- onset in adolescence or early adulthood
- stable over time
- leads to distress or impairment.
Cluster A Personality Disorders – answer paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal. Individuals
appear odd or eccentric.
Cluster B Personality Disorders – answer Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and
narcissistic. Individuals appear dramatic, emotional, and erratic.
Cluster C Personality Disorders - answer Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive.
Individuals appear anxious or fearful.
Paranoid Personality Disorder - answer A Pervasive pattern of distrust and
suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent,
beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.
Schizoid Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of detachment from social
relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings,
beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. Does not seek close
relationships and fine with it.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of social and
interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close
relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of
behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. Odd beliefs
or magical thinking. Ideas of reference. Bodily illusions. Odd thinking and speech.
Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation.
Antisocial Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of disregard for and
violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15 years. Failure to conform to
social norms. Deceitfulness. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead, reckless disregard for
safety of self and others, irritability and aggressiveness, consistent irresponsibility, Lack
of remorse. Individual at least 18 years of age. Evidence of conduct disorder with
evidence before age 15.
Borderline Personality Disorder - answerA pervasive pattern of irritability of
interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity, beginning
