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A personality disorder is classified as a mental health disorder in which you have an inflexible and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning, and behaving that differs from what society considers usual or normal.
Personality disorders are largely broken down into three categories: suspicious, emotional and impulsive, and anxious.
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This category includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders. A suspicious personality disorder is a mental illness where an individual has a repeated pattern of suspicion and distrust of others.
Emotional personality disorder includes antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality disorders. This classification typically involves impulsiveness, mood swings, inappropriate anger, and emotional instability.
This category includes obsessive-compulsive, dependent, and avoidant personality disorders. These symptoms may include excessive worry, intrusive thoughts, feelings of inadequacy, relationship avoidance, and fear of abandonment.
Symptoms will vary depending on the exact category and classification of a personality disorder, but generally may include:
Personality disorder treatment plans at Revive & Thrive can consist of any combination of therapy and counseling as well as medications.
Every treatment plan at Revive & Thrive is built around you. Depending on your needs, your plan may include therapy, medication management, or both.
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