| cyclothymic personality disorder | A personality disorder in which a person experiences regularly alternating periods of elation and depression, (see bipolar illness) usually not related to external circumstances or situation. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| schizoid personality disorder | An individual who is isolated, cold and indifferent. (27 Sep 1997) |
| schizotypal personality disorder | An individual who is eccentric with ideas, reference, magical thinking and suspicious. (27 Sep 1997) |
| histrionic personality disorder | An individual who is dramatic, engaging, self-centreed and attention seeking. (27 Sep 1997) |
| narcissistic personality disorder | An individual with an inflated sense of self-importance. (27 Sep 1997) |
| dependent personality disorder | An individual who fears separation and engaging othhers to assume responsibility (27 Sep 1997) |
| obsessive-compulsive personality disorder | A psychological disorder with a pervasive pattern of inflexible perfectionism which begins by early adulthood as indicated by many of the following symptoms: an unattainable perfectionism with overly strict standards which often make it impossible to complete a task; preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or scheduling to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost; unreasonable insistence that others submit to exactly his or her way of doing things; an unnecessary, excessive devotion to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships; rumination to the point of indecisiveness; (6) overconscientiousness about matters of morality, ethics, or values; (7) restricted expression of affection; (8) lack of generosity in giving time, money, or gifts when no personal gain is likely to result; and (9) an inability to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value. Synonym: obsessional neurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paranoid | 1. Relating to or characterised by paranoia. 2. Having delusions of persecution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paranoid behaviour | Behaviour exhibited by individuals who are overly suspicious, but without the constellation of symptoms characteristic of paranoid personality disorder or paranoid type of schizophrenia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paranoid disorders | Chronic mental disorders in which there has been an insidious development of a permanent and unshakeable delusional system (persecutory delusions or delusions of jealousy), accompanied by preservation of clear and orderly thinking. Emotional responses and behaviour are consistent with the delusional state. (12 Dec 1998) |
| paranoid schizophrenia | Schizophrenia characterised predominantly by delusions of persecution and megalomania. (05 Mar 2000) |
| schizophrenia, paranoid | A chronic form of schizophrenia characterised primarily by the presence of persecutory or grandiose delusions, often associated with hallucination. (12 Dec 1998) |
| allotropic personality | See: allotropic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anancastic personality | An obsolete term for obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antisocial personality | A personality disorder characterised by a continuous and persistent pattern of aggressive behaviour in which the rights of others are violated. See: psychopath, sociopath. Synonym: psychopathic personality. (05 Mar 2000) |