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habitual and enduring ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that make each person unique
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chronic pattern of maladaptive cognition, emotion, and behavior that begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues into later adulthood
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| odd eccentric personality disorder |
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disorders, including paranoid, schizotypal, and schizoid personality disorders, marked by chronic odd and or inappropriate behavior with mild features of psychosis and or paranoia
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| paranoid personality disorder |
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chronic and pervasive mistrust and suspicion of other people that are unwarranted and maladaptive
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| schizoid personality disorder |
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syndrome marked by a chronic lack of interest in and avoidance of interpersonal relationships as well as emotional coldness in interactions with others
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| schizotypal personality disoder |
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chronic pattern of inhibited or inappropriate emotion and social behavior as well as aberrant cognitions and disorganized speech
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| dramatic emotional personality disorders |
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category including antisocial, bordeline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality disorders, which are characterized by dramatic and impulsive behaviors that are maladaptive and dangerous
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antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) |
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pervasive pattern of crimial, impulsive, callous, and or ruthless behavior, predicatied upon disregard for the rights of others and an absence of respect for social norms |
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set of broad personality traits including superficial charm, a grandiose sense of self worth, a tendency toward boredom and need for stimulation, pathological lying, an ability to be conning and maipulative, and a lack of remorse
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neurotransmitter that is involved in the regulation of mood and impulsive responses
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functions of the brain that involve the ability to sustanin concentration; use abstract reasoning and concept formation; anticipate, plan, program; initiate purposeful behavior; self monitor; and shift from maladaptive patterns of behavior to more adaptive ones
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| borderline personality disorder |
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syndrome characterized by rapidly shifting and unstable mood, self concept, and interpersonal relationships, as well as impulsive behavior and transient dissociative states |
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in object relations theory, phenomenon wherein a person splits conceptions of self and others into either all good or all bad categories, neglecting to recognize people's mixed qualities
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| dialectical behavior therapy |
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cognitive behavioral intervention aimed at teaching problem soving skills, interpersonal skills, and skills at managing negative emotions
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| histrionic personality disorder |
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syndrome marked by rapidly shifting moods, unstable relationships, and an intense need for attention and approval, which is sought by means of overly dramatic behavior,seductiveness, and dependence
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| narcissistic personalilty disorder |
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syndrome marked by grandiose thoughts and feelings of one's own worth as well as an obliviousness to others' needs and an exploitive, arrogant demeanor
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| anxious fearful personality disorder |
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category including avoidant, dependent, and obsessive compulsive personality disorders, which are chatacterized by a chronic sense of anxiety or fearfulness and behaviors intended to ward off feared situations
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| avoidant personality disorder |
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pervasive anxiety, sense of inadequacy, and fear of being criticized that lead to the avoidance of most social interactions with others and to restraint and nervousness in social interactions
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| dependent personality disorder |
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pervasive selflessness, a need to be cared for, and fear of rejection, which lead to total dependence on and submission to others
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| obsessive compulsive personality disorder |
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pervasive rigidity in one's activities and interpersonal relationships; includes qualities such as emotional constriction, extreme perfectionism, and anxiety resulting from even slight disruptions in one's routine ways
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personality theory that posits that any individual's personality is organized along five broad dismensions of personality: neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness
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