According to the National Library of Medicine,  Personality disorders “are the disorder in which there is  difference between long-term patterns of thoughts and behaviors from other people which causes serious problems with relationships and work. People suffering from personality disorders have difficulty dealing with everyday stresses and problems. They often have stormy relationships with other people. The exact cause of personality disorders is unknown however, genes and childhood experiences may play a significant role.”

Researchers from a Rohde Island Hospital report that in case the five personality disorders are detached from the individuals, it will result in negative and false diagnosis for patients. This study got printed in the Periodical of Clinical Psychiatry and can be located online.

The work group of Personality disorders made many recommendations to modify the approach towards the diagnosis of personality disorders. One such recommendation is the removal of the five personality disorders with a view to diminish the level of co-morbidity among the disorders. Schizoid, histrionic, paranoid, narcissistic and reliant personality disorders were the ones which were to be removed earlier. More lately the similar work group suggested that narcissist should be retained. M.D and director of the Outpatient psychiatry department of Rohde Island Hospital, Mark Zimmerman, puts forward that none of the data cited described the influence which this deletion had or may have in future, on the absolute occurrence of personality disorders. In the similar manner no investigation was cited for the reversal of Work group in making a decision to keep hold of narcissistic personality disorder.

The guiding principle while amending the official diagnostic segmentation should not be the alerted in the absence of investigation demonstrating that, the novel approach is much superior to the traditional in either clinical utility or in validity. Zimmerman says they have witnessed that frequent instances of alterations being made in the nonexistence of enough data demonstrated that the novel criteria is much superior. To prove the hypothesis that removal of five personality disorders had negative impact, Zimmerman along with his colleagues examined 2150 psychiatric outpatients. Of these 2150 patients, one forth was diagnosed with 10 DSM-IV personality disorders. After removing this personality disorder, 59 participants who were diagnosed with a particular personality disorder could no longer be so diagnosed.

The findings concluded that the patients will have artificial and negative results if the negative personality disorders were deleted or removed. If the novel diagnostic material or criteria proved to be more clinically useful but less valid and reliable, then the categorization of personality disorders would not be enhanced.

General Knowledge:

Types of Personality Disorders

  •  Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is one of the common types of personality disorders. People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder are obsessed with details and perfectionism. These people are completely unable to relax, because they always see something to be corrected. They keep working in order to achieve perfection, but they never get to it, of course. These people are anxious to achieve perfection in every sphere of life, but not in a healthy competitive way. However, there is a difference between obsessive-compulsive behavior and obsessive-compulsive personality.
  • Paranoid personality disorder is a serious disorder. A person suffering from this type of personality disorder cannot believe in literally anything. They have serious problems with trust towards other people, especially towards people who are close to them. For example, a paranoid person can be suspicious toward his/her own husband/wife, family member, etc.
  • - People with schizoid personality disorder have difficulties related to social interactions and deep relationships with people. They simply refuse to let other people reach them, they are very afraid of emotions, or any other form of interaction. Even if they interact with someone, they won’t have feelings for that person.
  •  Antisocial personality disorder is another common problem. These people don’t respect any social rules. They can behave very badly, but they never realize that their behavior is wrong.
  • Borderline personality disorder means that a person is somewhere between neurosis and psychosis. This type of disorder can affect personal life and relationships in an extremely bad way. Changes in a person’s behavior and thinking are just some of the most common symptoms. These people are quite unpredictable, and you never know when and why he/she will change his/her attitude towards other people.

These were just some of the most common Personality Disorders.