Concept information
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law and courts
law and society
psychology and law
forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
Preferred term
personality disorders
Definition
- Personality disorders (PDs) pose a major challenge to the modern profession of mental health care. Unlike depression, anxiety, and other disorders that are more commonly the focus of treatment, personality disorders are generally understood to be pervasive, inflexible, maladaptive, and enduring expressions of personality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Personality Disorders]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- antisocial personality disorder
- borderline personality disorder
- compulsive personality disorder
- dependent personality disorder
- histrionic personality disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- passive-aggressive personality disorder
- psychopathic personality
- schizoid personality disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/personality_disorders
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