Avoidance Avoidant personality disorder is characterized by avoiding social situations or interactions that carry a risk of rejection, criticism, or humiliation. The diagnosis is made by clinical criteria. Treatment is with psychotherapy, anxiolytics and antidepressants. Diagnosis People with this disorder can be extremely shy, afraid of making a fool of themselves, and worry too much […]
Obsessive Compulsive Personality People with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder experience feelings that they consider more appropriate, such as anxiety or frustration. A person with OCPD has symptoms of perfectionism that usually begin in early adulthood. Diagnosis The prognosis for OCPD tends to be better than that of other personality disorders. Rigidity and control of OCPD can […]
Paranoid personality Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental condition in which a person has a long-term pattern of mistrust and mistrust of others. The person does not have a complete psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia. Diagnosis PPD is diagnosed on the basis of a psychological evaluation. The health care provider will assess the duration […]
Narcissism Personality qualities that include having a very high image of oneself, needing admiration, believing that others are inferior, and not having empathy for others. Diagnosis Symptoms include an excessive need for admiration, indifference to the feelings of others, intolerance of criticism, and feeling that others owe you something. Symptoms Grandiosity, social isolation, emotional hardness […]
Dependent Personality It is a state of mind in which people are overly dependent on others to meet their emotional and physical needs. Diagnosis Dependent personality disorder is diagnosed based on a psychological evaluation. The health care provider will take into account the length of time the person has experienced the symptoms and the severity […]
Antisocial personality Mental health disorder characterized by disinterest in other people. People with antisocial personality disorder (APD) may begin to show symptoms in childhood but may not be diagnosed until adolescence or adulthood. Diagnosis People with antisocial personality disorder tend to lie, break laws, and behave impulsively; Likewise, they do not care about their own […]
Panic Disorder Panic disorder is a type of anxiety disorder that causes panic attacks. Those who suffer from it, might have feelings of terror in situations when there is no real danger. However, people who suffer from this kind of disorder may feel as if they are losing control over life. Some of the main […]
Phobias Those who suffer from phobias face intense fears of situations that don’t show any danger or threat at all. A phobia is an excessive and irrational fear reaction. People with phobias may experience a deep sense of panic when they encounter the source of their fear. The fear is usually of a specific situation, […]
Emotional distress, eventually mistaken by anxiety, is actually a mental condition caused by situations of uncertainty or irrational fear about different situations.
