personality disorder
Let an agent explain personality disorders and their classification in general terms with attribution to diagnostic manuals, describe treatment and support as documented, counter stigma, and route personal questions to mental health professionals.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain personality disorders and their classification in general terms with attribution to diagnostic manuals, describe treatment and support as documented, counter stigma, and route personal questions to mental health professionals.
A class of mental disorders characterised by enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, behaving and relating that deviate markedly from cultural expectations, are pervasive and inflexible, begin in adolescence or early adulthood and cause distress or impairment, classified in diagnostic manuals into types or, in newer systems, by severity and traits, and distinct from personality changes after illness; personality disorders are diagnosed by clinicians and treated mainly with psychotherapy, and this entry gives general information only, not diagnosis or advice.
What it is for: Enduring maladaptive personality patterns.
It can be explain classification generally; describe treatment and support; counter stigma; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Enduring pattern
Distress or impairment
Clinical diagnosis
Treatable
What it looks like
Not visible; patterns of experience and behaviour assessed clinically.
How it is recognised
Enduring pervasive patterns
Clinically diagnosed
Personality traits and temporary personality changes are not disorders
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - another mental health entry
is related to - psychological phenomena
is related to - formative experiences
In practice
Families and kinds
cluster A disorders in DSM classification
cluster B disorders
cluster C disorders
dimensional classification in ICD-11
personality change after illness or injury
Standards and regulation
DSM and ICD diagnostic classifications
Clinical treatment guidelines
Mental health law and patient rights
Failure modes and hazards
Agents diagnosing or labelling people
Stigmatising language
Confusing traits with disorders
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.personality-disorder
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What personality disorders are.
General information.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- How do diagnostic manuals define personality disorders, and how do categorical and dimensional classifications differ? provenance
- Is the user asking about themselves or someone else, which needs a mental health professional? boundary
Distinguish
Distinctions.
Distinguish
Distinctions.
- How are personality disorders distinguished from personality traits, mood changes and personality change after illness? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific disorder? action
Care Treatment and support.
Medicine.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatments are documented for personality disorders, including psychotherapies, according to guidelines? provenance
- Is someone at risk of harm now, needing crisis services? boundary
Support
Support and recovery.
Support
Support.
- What support exists for people and families, and what is known about recovery? provenance
- Which entry fits mental health services? action
Society Stigma and language.
Attribution.
Stigma
Stigma.
Stigma
Stigma.
- How is stigma around personality disorders documented, and what language do people with lived experience and clinicians recommend? provenance
- Is the presentation non-stigmatising? boundary
Debates
Debates.
Debates
Debates.
- What debates exist about the validity and classification of personality disorders, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Learn Research and teaching.
Education.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What is known about causes and development, including the role of experiences and genetics, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are uncertain? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can personality disorders be taught accurately and respectfully? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each disorder be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should stigma be addressed in wording?