Guide to Personality Disorders

Sources Medically Reviewed on 06/11/2021 Reviewed by Jennifer Casarella, MD on June 11, 2021
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Cleveland Clinic: “Dependent Personality Disorder,” “Avoidant Personality Disorder,” “Histrionic Personality Disorder,” “Paranoid Personality Disorder,” “Personality Disorders Overview.”
Mayo Clinic: “Personality disorders,” “Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),” “Narcissistic Personality Disorder,” “Antisocial personality disorder,” “Schizotypal personality disorder,” “Schizoid personality disorder.”
NIH National Institute of Mental Health: “Borderline Personality Disorder.”
MentalHealth.Gov: “Borderline Personality Disorder.”
American Psychiatric Association: “DSM-IV and DSM-5 Criteria for a Personality Disorder.”
Reviewed by Jennifer Casarella, MD on June 11, 2021
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