PERSONALITY DISORDER Definition & Meaning

personality disorder

noun

Psychiatry.

any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration.

personality disorder

noun

psychiatry any of a group of mental disorders characterized by a permanent disposition to behave in ways causing suffering to oneself or others

personality disorder

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Any of a group of psychiatric disorders in which a person's abnormal self-perception or ability to relate to others results in undesirable behaviors and interferes with normal social and emotional functioning.

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Origin of personality disorder¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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Farooq was said to have personality disorder traits and may have had depression, but his disorders did not cause or compel his offences, the judge said.

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The advocate depute said that Parker was diagnosed with a "recurring personality disorder" in 2021 and that doctors described him symptoms as a "paranoid personality trait".

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She has also been diagnosed with an emotionally unstable personality disorder.

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Sentenced in 2000 for murder, an appeal reduced Martin's conviction to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility, after a diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder.

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The charge was later downgraded to manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility after a diagnosis of paranoid personality disorder, and he was released in 2003.

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