Summary of all 10 Personality Disorders

This video summarizes the ten personality disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
Paranoid Personality Disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of suspiciousness and distrust of others. Individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder will often question the loyalty of others, believe others are trying to harm them, and are reluctant to confide in people. They sometimes see demeaning aspects in benign comments and behaviors. Individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder tend hold grudges and have difficultly forgiving perceived wrongs. Individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder who are married tend to question the fidelity of their partners.
Schizoid Personality Disorder is characterized by detachment, being a “loner,” no interest in forming relationships, a deficit in social skills, taking jobs that isolate them from others, no close friends, decreased interest in pleasurable activities, indifference to praise or criticism, cold or flat affect. Clinically significant distress is not required for a diagnosis of Schizoid Personality as stated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Individuals with Schizoid Personality Disorder rarely seek treatment, however, the prevalence is about 3 – 4%.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder is characterized by ideas of reference, odd beliefs, unusual perceptions, odd thinking or speech (e.g. elaborate, metaphorical, vague), paranoid ideation, inappropriate and constricted affect, peculiar behavioral appearance, lacking close friends, and social anxiety. Both disorders are characterized by lack of close friends and unusual affect.
Antisocial Personality Disorder is characterized by repeated acts that violate the norms of society, deceitfulness, impulsivity, irritability, verbal and physical aggression, reckless disregard for the safety of others, irresponsibility, lack of remorse, and lack of empathy. The characteristics typically associated with Antisocial Personality Disorder in prison settings are superficial charm, lack of empathy, inflated self-appraisal. The prevalence of Antisocial Personality Disorder is about 3% of males and 1% of females. About 70% - 80% of males in prison may have Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Borderline Personality Disorder is characterized by a number of potential symptoms including a fear of abandonment, a series of unstable relationships, self-identity changes, stress-related paranoia, risky and impulsive behavior, suicidal behavior or threats, mood swings, empty feelings, and anger. One of key features of Borderline Personality Disorder is the idealization/devaluation cycle, sometimes called the love/hate cycle.
Histrionic Personality Disorder is characterized by a number of potential symptoms including wanting to be the center of attention, sexually seductive behavior, rapidly shifting and shallow emotions, an effort to gain attention through physical appearance, impressionistic speech pattern, self-dramatizing, exaggerated emotional expressions, theatrical, easily influenced, and believe relationships are more intimate than they really are. Individuals with Histrionic Personality Disorder tend to struggle with relationships and sometimes seek treatment from depressive symptoms from losing relationships. The prevalence of Histrionic Personality Disorder is about 3%.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with unlimited success, feeling too special to be understood by regular people, needing excessive admiration, a sense of entitlement, being interpersonally exploitative, having a lack of empathy, being envious and others and believe others are envious of them, and being arrogant. Oftentimes an individual with Narcissistic Personality Disorder wants to be recognized as superior, believes they are so complex and amazing that they can only be understood by special people, has low self-esteem, devalues the contributions of others, and is condescending.
Avoidant Personality Disorder is characterized by fear of social situations, social inhibition, panic attacks, isolation, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, and feelings of inferiority. Avoidant personality disorder is a cluster C personality disorder (anxious fearful cluster). In that same cluster there is dependent personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Avoidant personality disorder, like any personality disorder, is usually thought of as long lasting and pervasive.
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is characterized by a pattern of maladaptive preoccupation with details, orderliness, efficiency, and perfectionism. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder symptoms include not completing work tasks and strained interpersonal relationships.

[jipsileigh]

I have bipolar, but with my high and low stages, I feel more schizoid, as both sides of me don't care about sexual encounters, connecting etc, but will take risks where I will be more up for banter/social stuff in my own way (basically extremely naive and 'fuck it' attitude) whereas in my lows, I can't even step outside the house without having a panic attack and am just completely non-descript in my expression. I have a lot of obsessive-compulsive actions in both highs and lows-in my highs, I will eat more, drink more, socialize more, exercise more, basically excess stuff and more risky stuff. In my lows, I clean more, control calorie intake more, exercise more from panic of putting on weight, have irrational thoughts/obsess over phobias or irrational thoughts and worries etc.

[ellarose]

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[SincerelyAlyson]

We now know that mental disorders and the symptoms manifest at varying degrees for different people (on a spectrum). This is one of the reasons why a dimensional model is so important.

[runwiththewind]

Thank you for helping me understand
Dr. Grande, you are giving this world a great gift of knowledge and understanding .

[kelly]

This is a very good overview of the personality disorders. This breaks it down and shows how each are so no confusion occurs, because some (to me anyway) can be confused with others.

[tsbcmhc]

Great to have a video that summarizes the personality disorders. I also found it beneficial that you broke them down into their cluster groups. Thank You!

[virginiamurrey]

This is a great summary of personality disorders. I enjoyed how before you went into the disorders in specific, you explained what a personality disorder was and the different clusters that entails.

[TJ-crid]

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[cruzmizzl]

No wall full of Just an open mind filled w/info n knowledge. Way2go Doc! Wish 25% of the ""Drs"" in NYC were like this.

[mangyolmutt]

I do enjoy hearing the debate over the different models between the scientists. I recently took a test and scored highest in my number of Schizoid traits, however I also showed pretty strong in Avoidant, Narcissistic, Anti-Social, Histrionic, Borderline and OCPD and traits I have from those, if I remember correctly. Watching videos like these is probably not good for me, because I am constantly looking at the different disorders and going "I got that trait, and that one, and that one over there, etc, " However the test I took has reconfirmed to me the belief I've had for a long time and set forth at the end of this video of more of a "spectrum" type model, rather than purely a categorical model that they have now.

[thoughtquake]

Thank you so much for your videos. I find them excellent. Everything is thoughtfully explained in an easy-to-understand way & I like the way you refer to studies to support what you're describing. I wish I had come across your channel sooner. About 4 years ago I started to investigate personality disorders because I hoped to gain a clearer understanding of a former partner who had recently committed suicide. I have come to believe that he had Borderline Personality Disorder comorbid with Narcissist Personality Disorder & Substance Use Disorder. Your videos have really helped me to better understand these disorders & forgive him for the harm he did to myself & other loved ones during his life.

[Kay-prgr]

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[wandamixon]

This overview is helpful, particularly regarding comprehension of inclusion of disorders in clusters A-C. I am curious to know the factors associated with disorders that remain stable and others that may decrease in severity over time. I can appreciate both arguments for the dimensional versus categorical debate over classification of the DSM. I believe this information is especially important for CMH students. There are a number of aspects included in Section III of DSM-5 that I find helpful, such as the Alternative Model for personality disorders and conditions for further study.

[veronicabetz]

Its very helpful to have a summary of all ten personality disorders. Good thinking!

[chemtrailmary]

i have been studying narcissism. i lived with an overt narc then a covert narc for a total of 30 years. the overt narc matches up to the DSM, but the covert presents SOME of the same traits only they go about it in passive aggressive, sneaky, mind manipulation. they can act completely normal for most people. they tend to only abuse in the home or with one person. they are not arrogant or grandiose or quite a few of the traits in the DSM. they need a whole new category. the brain washing, gas lighting, mind manipulation is extremely dangerous. they don't get put in jail much, but they ruin many lives to the point they make their victim mentally unstable or want to kill themselves. i wish the mental health professionals did more about them.

[celladoor_uk]

Man, I am a big fan. Youre a literal rockstar bro, thankyou for spreading awareness you legend. 👊😎

[janicesal]

Thank you Dr Grande!! I feel like we all have personality disorders just differ on to degree of extent

[jackiesorrells]

Understanding the unique components of each personality disorder is critically important as this will represent the cornerstone of our field work.

[Things]

I’d love to see a video completely devoted to Avoident Personality disorder

[kikixiong]

Brief overview of these personality disorders! This is an useful video!