Personality Disorders

Question 1

A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

Answer 1

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Question 2

Suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Persistently bears grudges (i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights)

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner.

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

Question 9

Paranoid Personality Disorder: When? Ilan?

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Early adulthood; Four or more

Question 10

A 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, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 11

Ideas of reference (excluding delusions of reference).

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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Odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., super- stitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or “sixth sense”; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations).

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 13

Unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 14

Odd thinking and speech (e.g., vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped).

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 15

Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation.

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 16

Inappropriate or constricted affect.

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 17

Behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar.

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 18

Lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives.

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 19

Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self.

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 20

Schizotypal: when and ilan

Answer 20

early adulthood; five or more

Question 21

A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Is uncomfortable in situations in which he or she is not the center of attention

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Interaction with others is often characterized by inappropriate sexually seductive or provocative behavior.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

Question 24

Displays rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Consistently uses physical appearance to draw attention to self.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

Question 26

Has a style of speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail.

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Shows self-dramatization, theatricality, and exaggerated expression of emotion

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Is suggestible (i.e., easily influenced by others or circumstances).

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

Question 30

Histrionic: when and ilan

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Early adulthood; five or more

Question 31

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements).

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question 33

Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions).

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question 35

Requires excessive admiration.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations).

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Is interpersonally exploitative (i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends).

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question 41

Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Ilan kailan

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early adulthood five or more

Question 42

A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three (or more) of the following:

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 43

Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 44

Deceitfulness, as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 45

Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 46

Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Reckless disregard for safety of self or others.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 48

Consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations.

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 49

Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 50

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Three or more, 15-18 years

Question 51

A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 52

Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. (Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5.)

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). (Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5.)

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 56

Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Chronic feelings of emptiness.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights).

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Question 61

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early adulthood; five or more

Question 62

A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

Question 63

Avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

Question 65

Shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others.

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Is unusually reluctant to take personal risks or to engage in any new activities because they may prove embarrassing

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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early adulthood; four or more

Question 71

A pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

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Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 72

Has difficulty making everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others.

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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Needs others to assume responsibility for most major areas of his or her life.

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Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 74

Has difficulty expressing disagreement with others because of fear of loss of support or approval. (Note: Do not include realistic fears of retribution.)

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Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 75

Has difficulty initiating projects or doing things on his or her own (because of a lack of self-confidence in judgment or abilities rather than a lack of motivation or energy).

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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Goes to excessive lengths to obtain nurturance and support from others, to the point of volunteering to do things that are unpleasant.

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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Feels uncomfortable or helpless when alone because of exaggerated fears of being unable to care for himself or herself.

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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Urgently seeks another relationship as a source of care and support when a close relationship ends

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Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 79

Is unrealistically preoccupied with fears of being left to take care of himself or herself.

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Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 80

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early adulthood; five or more

Question 81

A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 82

Is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 83

Shows perfectionism that interferes with task completion (e.g., is unable to complete a project because his or her own overly strict standards are not met).

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 84

Is excessively devoted to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity).

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 85

Is overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values (not accounted for by cultural or religious identification).

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 86

Is unable to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 87

Is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others unless they submit to exactly his or her way of doing things.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 88

Shows rigidity and stubbornness.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 89

Adopts a miserly spending style toward both self and others; money is viewed as something to be hoarded for future catastrophes.

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Question 90

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: Ilan? Kailan?

Answer 90

Early adulthood; Four or more