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What is a personality disorder?

What is a personality disorder?. A self-defeating pattern of behavior that is due to one’s inability to adapt in a healthy way to the challenges of life. Up to 26 million people in the US, or 9% of the population, have PDs (most are undiagnosed).

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What is a personality disorder?

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  1. What is a personality disorder? • A self-defeating pattern of behavior that is due to one’s inability to adapt in a healthy way to the challenges of life.

  2. Up to 26 million people in the US, or 9% of the population, have PDs (most are undiagnosed).

  3. A personality disorder (PD) is troublesome to other people who have to come in to contact with the person who has the PD

  4. PDs are a combination of environment and genetics. • 69% of “borderlines” have a parent with Borderline Personality Disorder.

  5. Antisocial PD • Also called “sociopath/psychopath.” • Total disregard for the rules of society, frequently involved with the criminal justice system, manipulative to get what they want at any cost, self-centered and lack of concern for others feelings, shows no remorse for actions (serial killers).

  6. Borderline Personality Disorder • Very emotional, extreme mood swings (I love you, I hate you), unstable relationships, intense anger or difficulty controlling it, impulsive behavior (don’t think before acting), may engage in self-destructive behaviors like substance abuse or even self-harm (cutting).

  7. Very needy – abandonment issues • Difficulty finding own identity • May become suicidal • More women than men (70% were physically or sexually abused).

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