Disorders
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Patterns of belief,
language use and perception can become disordered. Psychotic disorders
centrally involving this domain include Schizophrenia and Delusional
disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is a category used for individuals
showing aspects of both schizophrenia and affective disorders. Schizotypy
is a category used for individuals showing some of the traits associated
with schizophrenia but without meeting cut-off criteria.
The fundamental
characteristics of a person that influence his or her cognitions, motivations,
and behaviors across situations and time - can be seen as disordered
due to being abnormally rigid and maladaptive. Categorical schemes list
a number of different personality disorders, such as those classed as
eccentric (e.g. Paranoid personality disorder, Schizoid personality
disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder), those described as dramatic
or emotional (Antisocial personality disorder, Borderline personality
disorder, Histrionic personality disorder, Narcissistic personality
disorder) or those seen as fear-related (Avoidant personality disorder,
Dependent personality disorder, Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder).
There may be an emerging consensus that personality disorders, like
personality traits in the normal range, incorporate a mixture of more
acute dysfunctional behaviors that resolve in relatively short periods,
and maladaptive temperamental traits that are relatively more stable.Non-categorical
schemes may rate individuals via a profile across different dimensions
of personality that are not seen as cut off from normal personality
variation, commonly through schemes based on the Big Five personality
traits.
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