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"A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment". (American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.)

"A personality disorder is an enduring pattern of inner experience and [[behavior]] that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's [[culture]], is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment". (American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.)

Examples are as follows:

Examples are as follows:

:"• Paranoid personality disorder is a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent.

:• Paranoid personality disorder is a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others' motives are interpreted as malevolent.

:• Schizoid personality disorder is a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.

:• Schizoid personality disorder is a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression.

:• Schizotypal personality disorder is a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.

:• Schizotypal personality disorder is a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.

:• Dependent personality disorder is a pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.

:• Dependent personality disorder is a pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.

:• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control." [ibid.]

:• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control." [ibid.]