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Article: Personality Disorders
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- Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy throughAdolescence
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Personality disorders
Definition
Personality disorders (PD) are a group of psychiatric conditions characterized by experience and behavior patterns that cause serious problems with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, and the control of impulses.
Description
Most personality disorders are associated with problems in personal development and character which peak during
adolescence
and are then defined as personality disorders. Children and adolescents with a personality disorder have great difficulty dealing with others. They tend to be inflexible, rigid, with inadequate response to the changes and demands of life. They have a narrow view of the ...