Personality Disorders
Cluster A
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Cluster B
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Cluster C
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder
Obsessive-Comulsive Personaity Disorder
Other Personaity Disorders
Personality Change due to Another Medical Condition
Other Specified Personality Disorder
Unspecified Personaity Disorder
Personality Disorders:
Rigid and inflexible personality types (from Weiten, 2001)
Cluster A Odd/ Eccentric
Schizoid Poor at forming relationships, absence of warmth, feelings 78 / 22 (%M-F)
Schizotypal Resembles schizophrenia without psychotic symptoms 55 / 45
Paranoid Suspicious, sensitive, jealous 67 / 33
Cluster B Dramatic/ Impulsive
Histrionic Dramatic, exaggerate emotions, egocentric attention grabbing 15 / 75 (%M-F)
Borderline Unstable self image, mood &relationships. Impulsive. 38 /62
Narcissistic Grandiosity, success fantasies, expect special treatment 70 / 30
Anti-Social Persistent violations of others, eject social norms, no emotional attachment, exploitative, reckless
82 / 18 (image)
sociopathic brains
Confessions of a Sociopath
Cluster C Anxious/Fearful
Avoidant Withdrawn, sensitive to rejection, shame or blame %male 50 / 50 (%M-F)
Dependent Lacking self-esteem, passive, defers to others (needy) 31 / 69
Obsessive/ Compulsive Preoccupied with order, control, unable to be 'warm' 50/50