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What is Personality disorders?

Contents
  1. Personality disorders: Introduction
  2. Types of Personality disorders
  3. Other names for Personality disorders
  4. What causes Personality disorders?
  5. What are the symptoms of Personality disorders?
  6. How is it treated?
  7. Society issues for Personality disorders
  8. Personality disorders: Introduction

What is Personality disorders?

  • Personality disorders: A group of psychiatric disorders that are characterised but abnormal dysfunctional personalities.

Personality disorders: Introduction

Types of Personality disorders:

Types of Personality disorders:

Broader types of Personality disorders:

What causes Personality disorders?

Causes of Personality disorders: see causes of Personality disorders

What are the symptoms of Personality disorders?

Symptoms of Personality disorders: see symptoms of Personality disorders

Personality disorders: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Personality disorders.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Personality disorders.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Personality disorders: see treatments for Personality disorders
Research for Personality disorders: see research for Personality disorders

Society issues for Personality disorders


Hospitalization statistics for Personality disorders: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Personality disorders:

  • 0.24% (30,016) of hospital episodes were for neurotic, behavioural and personality disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 92% of hospital consultations for neurotic, behavioural and personality disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 39% of hospital episodes for neurotic, behavioural and personality disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 59% of hospital episodes for neurotic, behavioural and personality disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Personality disorders

Main name of condition: Personality disorders

Other names or spellings for Personality disorders:

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Personality disorders:


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