Specific personality disorders (F60)
Clinical Information
Antisocial Personality Disorder - A personality disorder whose essential feature is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. The individual must be at least age 18 and must have a history of some symptoms of CONDUCT DISORDER before age 15. (From DSM-IV, 1994).
Borderline Personality Disorder - A personality disorder marked by a pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (DSM-IV)
Compulsive Personality Disorder - Disorder characterized by an emotionally constricted manner that is unduly conventional, serious, formal, and stingy, by preoccupation with trivial details, rules, order, organization, schedules, and lists, by stubborn insistence on having things one's own way without regard for the effects on others, by poor interpersonal relationships, and by indecisiveness due to fear of making mistakes.
Dependent Personality Disorder - A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (From DSM-IV, 1994)
Histrionic Personality Disorder - A personality disorder characterized by overly reactive and intensely expressed or overly dramatic behavior, proneness to exaggeration, emotional excitability, and disturbances in interpersonal relationships.
Paranoid Personality Disorder - A personality disorder characterized by the avoidance of accepting deserved blame and an unwarranted view of others as malevolent. The latter is expressed as suspiciousness, hypersensitivity, and mistrust.
Schizoid Personality Disorder - A personality disorder manifested by a profound defect in the ability to form social relationships, no desire for social involvement, and an indifference to praise or criticism.
Mental and behavioural disorders (F01–F99)
Disorders of adult personality and behavior (F60-F69)
F60 Specific personality disorders
- F60.0 Paranoid personality disorder
- F60.1 Schizoid personality disorder
- F60.2 Antisocial personality disorder
- F60.3 Borderline personality disorder
- F60.4 Histrionic personality disorder
- F60.5 Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- F60.6 Avoidant personality disorder
- F60.7 Dependent personality disorder
F60.8 Other specific personality disorders
- F60.81 Narcissistic personality disorder
- F60.89 Other specific personality disorders
- F60.9 Personality disorder, unspecified
Specific personality disorders (F60)