Psychiatry
General Personality Disorder
Diagnostic Criteria
- An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s 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.
- The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social
- The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning .
- The pattern is stable and of long duration, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early
- The enduring pattern is not better explained as a manifestation or consequence of another mental
- The enduring pattern is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another medical condition (e.g., head trauma).
Medical Specialists
Consultant Psychiatrist
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Dr. Vijayakumar D.R
Dr. Vijayakumar D.R is a senior psychiatrist with more than 22 years of experience in handling mental health issues in India, Australia and the United Kingdom.
+91-8296112250
Sadashivanagar, Yelahanka Satellite Town, Whitefield
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
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Dr. Madhu Shree Vijayakumar
Dr. Madhu Shree Vijayakumar, is an obstetrician and gynaecologist with about a decade experience in addressing women’s health problems from adolescence to post menopause.
+91-8296112250
Sadashivanagar, CV Ramannagar, Hebbal