Antisocial Personality Disorder

Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder that is characterized by a long-standing

pattern of disregard for other peoples rights, often crossing the line and violating those
rights. A person with antisocial personality disorder (APD) often feels little or no empathy
toward other people, and doesnt see the problem in bending or breaking the law for their
own needs or wants. The disorder usually begins in childhood or as a teen and continues
into a persons adult life.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/antisocial-personality-disorder-symptoms/

Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness marked by unstable
moods, behavior, and relationships. In 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for
Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) listed BPD as a diagnosable illness for the first
time. Most psychiatrists and other mental health professionals use the DSM to diagnose
mental illnesses.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Histrionic personality disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of attention
seeking behavior and extreme emotionality. Someone with histrionic personality disorder
wants to be the center of attention in any group of people, and feel uncomfortable when
they are not. While often lively, interesting and sometimes dramatic, they have difficulty
when people arent focused exclusively on them. People with this disorder may be
perceived as being shallow, and may engage in sexually seductive or provocative
behavior to draw attention to themselves.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/histrionic-personality-disorder-symptoms/

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is characterized by a preoccupation with
orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of
flexibility, openness, and efficiency.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/obsessive-compulsive-personality-disorder-
symptoms/
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a disorder that is characterized by a long-
standing pattern of grandiosity (either in fantasy or actual behavior), an overwhelming
need for admiration, and usually a complete lack of empathy toward others. People with
this disorder often believe they are of primary importance in everybodys life or to anyone
they meet. While this pattern of behavior may be appropriate for a king in 16th Century
England, it is generally considered inappropriate for most ordinary people today.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder-symptoms/

Avoidant Personality Disorder

People with avoidant personality disorder experience long-standing feelings of
inadequacy and are extremely sensitive to what others think about them. These feelings
of inadequacy leads to the person to be socially inhibited and feel socially inept. Because
of these feelings of inadequacy and inhibition, the person with avoidant personality
disorder will seek to avoid work, school and any activities that involve socializing or
interacting with others.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/avoidant-personality-disorder-symptoms/

Dependent Personality Disorder

Dependent personality disorder is characterized by a long-standing need for the person
to be taken care of and a fear of being abandoned or separated from important individuals
in his or her life. This leads the person to engage in dependent and submissive behaviors
that are designed to elicit care-giving behaviors in others. The dependent behavior may
be seen as being clingy or clinging on to others, because the person fears they cant
live their lives without the help of others.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/dependent-personality-disorder-symptoms/