Personality disorder

Personality disorders (PD) be a class of mental health conditions wey be characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, den inner experience, e exhibit across chaw contexts den dey deviate from those accepted by de culture. Dese patterns dey develop early, be inflexible, wey be associated plus significant distress anaa disability. De definitions dey vary by source den remain a matter of controversy. Na dem list official criteria for diagnosing personality disorders insyd de sixth chapter of de International Classification of Diseases (ICD) den insyd de American Psychiatric Association ein Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

Personality, dem define psychologically, be de set of enduring behavioral den mental traits wey dey distinguish individual humans. Hence, personality disorders be characterized by experiences den behaviors wey deviate from social norms den expectations. Those dem diagnose plus a personality disorder fi experience difficulties in cognition, emotiveness, interpersonal functioning, anaa impulse control. For psychiatric patients, de prevalence of personality disorders be estimated between 40 den 60%. De behavior patterns of personality disorders be typically recognized by adolescence, de beginning of adulthood anaa sam times even kiddie time den often get a pervasive negative impact on de quality of life.

Treatment for personality disorders primarily be psychotherapeutic. Evidence-based psychotherapies for personality disorders dey include cognitive behavioral therapy den dialectical behavior therapy, especially for borderline personality disorder. Dem sanso use a variety of psychoanalytic approaches. Dem associate personality disorders plus considerable stigma in popular den clinical discourse alike. Despite dem design various methodological schemas to categorize personality disorders, chaw issues dey occur plus classifying a personality disorder secof de theory den diagnosis of such disorders occur within prevailing cultural expectations; thus, dem dey contest dema validity by sam experts on de basis of inevitable subjectivity. Dem dey argue say de theory den diagnosis of personality disorders be based strictly on social, anaa even sociopolitical den economic considerations.

 References 

 External links 

 Personality Disorders Foundation
 National Mental Health Association personality disorder fact sheet 
 Personality Disorders information leaflet from The Royal College of Psychiatrists


Category:Mental disorders
Category:Behavioural sciences
Category:Translated from MDWiki