Personality disorder

A personality disorder (PD) is a type of disorder where a person thinks, feels and behaves differently from how society expects them to. Where these traits would be flexible in most people, these traits are rigid and unworkable in someone with a personality disorder and create lasting patterns and often lasting problems. These thoughts, feelings and behaviours can cause problems for the person, and for other people around them. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries, personality disorders are classed as a kind of mental disorder and are treated by medical professionals. About ten percent of adults have PDs.^[1] They are often caused by child abuse and trauma.^[2]

1. ↑ Lenzenweger, Mark F. (2008-09-01). "Epidemiology of Personality Disorders". Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Recent Research in Personality Disorders. 31 (3): 395–403. doi:10.1016/j.psc.2008.03.003. ISSN 0193-953X. PMID 18638642.
2. ↑ Cohen, Patricia; Brown, Jocelyn; Smailes, Elizabeth (December 2001). "Child abuse and neglect and the development of mental disorders in the general population". Development and Psychopathology. 13 (4): 981–999. doi:10.1017/S0954579401004126. ISSN 1469-2198. PMID 11771917. S2CID 24036702.