Table 4.

Qualitative Description of Personality Disorders

Feature Type	Qualitative Description
Discriminating	Maladaptive pattern of responses to personal and social stress that are
	Stable and enduring since teens
	Inflexible and pervasive
	Causing subjective distress and/or impaired work or social relations
Consistent	Low Self-Directedness
	Efforts to blame and change others, rather than oneself
	Poor self-acceptance
	Poor integration of goals & values
	Low Cooperativeness
	Strong emotional reactions elicited from others (such as anger or the urge to rescue)
	Hostility and impaired empathy
	Detachment and impaired intimacy
Variable	Odd, eccentric
	Erratic, impulsive
	Anxious, fearful
	Perfectionistic, obstinate