| Personality Disorder | Cluster A, B, or C? |
| Borderline: Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self damaging (e.g. spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating) | |
| Avoidant: high anxiety levels | |
| Dependent: Uncomfortable or helpless when alone | |
| Schizotypal: Odd beliefs or magical thinking influencing behavior almost to point of psychosis | |
| Schizotypal: eccentric | |
| Antisocial: violates social norms | |
| Dependent: fears of separation | |
| Antisocial: associated with alcohol use disorders | |
| Borderline: Most widely studied and most prevalent Axis II Disorder in Clinical Settings. | |
| Histrionic: Inappropriately sexually seductive or provocative behavior | |
| Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder: Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism and mental and interpersonal control at expense of flexibility, openness and efficiency | |
| Paranoid: guarded, touchy, suspicious | |
| Borderline: impulsivity, acting out | |
| | Personality Disorder | Cluster A, B, or C? |
| Dependent: Difficulty with every day decisions without excessive advice and reassurance | |
| Schizoid: Detachment from social relationships, restricted expression of emotions in interpersonal relationships, Solitary jobs. | |
| Histrionic: Depression common in families. Associated with Somatization Disorder | |
| Antisocial: Up to 75% of Prison Population | |
| Avoidant: abnormal fears of social relationships | |
| Histrionic: excessive emotionality | |
| Obsessive Compulsive: Need for control perfection. Not the same as OCD. | |
| Antisocial: Non-conforming to lawful activities. Impulsive or failure to plan for future. Poor work behavior or lack of honoring financial obligations. Lack of remorse. | |
| Narcissistic: grandiosity | |
| Avoidant: Avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact due to fear of criticism or rejection | |
| Borderline: Recurrent suicidal behavior (up to 10% kill themselves), gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior (up to 75% self-mutilate). | |
| Schizoid: aloof, seclusive | |
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