Criteria |
Description (taken from DSM‐5, p 646‐7) |
A. |
An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture. This pattern is manifested in two (or more) of the following areas:
Cognition (i.e. ways of perceiving and interpreting self, other people, and events).
Affectivity (i.e. the range, intensity, lability, and appropriateness of emotional response).
Interpersonal functioning.
Impulse control.
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B. |
The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations. |
C. |
The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. |
D. |
The pattern is stable and of long duration, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood. |
E. |
The enduring pattern is not better explained as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder. |
F. |
The enduring pattern is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g. a drug of abuse, a medication) or a another medical condition (e.g. head trauma). |