Personality Disorders

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Personality is described by a set of traits, behaviours and patterns that build character and individuality. Thoughts, attitudes, feelings and perceptions of the world all define someone's personality. Those with healthy personalities are able to cope with stresses of everyday life and have no trouble forming relationships. However, those with a personality disorder typically find it extremely difficult to respond to the demands of life and deal with other people, avoiding social activities.

A personality disorder is characterised if it fulfils several conditions; if thinking, perceiving and deep thinking causes distress or impaired functioning a personality disorder is usually diagnosed. There have been many different personality disorders identified, click on the links below to find out more about each individual one.

Common Personality Disorders:

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

Personality disorder Statistics:

In Britain the prevalence of personality disorder ranges from 2 per cent to 13 per cent according to different studies. The concept of a personality disorder is controversial and use of this diagnosis is often questioned. Some diagnoses are applied more commonly to men (such as dissocial personality disorder), while others are applied more commonly to women (such as borderline personality disorder).[20]   More Statistics >>

Statistics from www.mind.org.uk

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