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Personality Disorders - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness
      - Suspicious and distrustful of others
      - Sensitive, easily offended by percieved slights / insults
      - Self-important
      - Excessive sense of rights
      - Believe others are tricking them
      - Ligitious
    - - Detatchement from social relationships and restricted range of emotional expression
      - Aloof / cold
      - Solitary
      - Introverterd
      - Introspective
    - - Odd beliefs
      - Magical thinking
      - Eccentric behaviour
      - Circumstantial
      - Suspicious
      - Solitary
  - - - Lack of guilt / remorse
      - Dismissive of social norms
      - Impulsive
      - Aggressive
      - Criminal record
      - Substance use
      - Lack or reationships
      - Lack of empathy - callous
      - Unable to maintin loving relationships but can be superficially charming
    - - Impulsive type
        
        Emotional instability and lack of impulse control
        
        Emotional dysregulation
        
        Outburst of emotion
        
        Unpredictable behaviour
      - Borderline type
        
        Emotional instability with disturbances in self image
        
        Sensitive
        
        Unstable sense of self
        
        Intense unstable relationships
        
        Feelings of emptiness, passive death wish
        
        Maladaptive coping mechanisms
        
        Rejection sensitivity / abandoment issues
    - - Dramatic
      - Need to be centre of attention
      - Shallow, fleeting emotions
      - Self-deception
      - Excessive emotionality and attention seeking
      - Exaggerated fleeting displays of emtion, anger, joy, distress
      - Novelty or excitement seeking
      - Superficial relationships although affectionate / flirtatious
    - - Grandiose sense of self
      - Need for admiration
  - - - Social inhibition / feelings of inadequecy
      - Anxious
      - Fear of scrutiny
      - Insecure, excessively cautious of new situations / people
      - Timid
      - Limited social circle but wants relationships
    - - Pervasive need to be taken care of
      - Relies on others to make decisions for them
      - Subjugates own needs, passively complies with others
      - Views themselves as unable to cope with daily life
      - Excessive need to be looked after / cared for
      - Fear of abandonment
    - - Pre-occupation with order / perfection / control
      - Indecisive due to fear of making mistakes
      - Perfectionistic, preoccupied with minor details
      - Rigid / difficult adapting
      - Sensitve to criticism
      - Fear of judgement
      - Overly cautious
- - - - May reduce impulsivity and anxiety
    - - May reduce impulsivity and aggression
    - - May help labile affect
- - - - Increased risk of developing mental illness
    - - DSM
      - ICD
    - - Difficulties are:
        Persistent
        Pervasive
        Pathological
    - - Personality changeable up to 20s - not diagnosed prior to 18
      - Not due illlness (can be exacerbated by co-morbid mental / physical illness / stress)
- - - - Primary cluster C
    - - Primary diagnosis in 5-25%
      - Primarily cluster B
    - - Primarily cluster B
    - - Primary Cluster B (Dissocial)