3 Simple Questions Screen for Common Personality Disorders
New research on personality disorders identifies key high-yield questions that may inform clinical practice, self-exploration, and social and professional relationships.
According to the American Psychiatric Association:
“Personality is the way of thinking, feeling and behaving that makes a person different from other people. An individual’s personality is influenced by experiences, environment (surroundings, life situations) and inherited characteristics. A person’s personality typically stays the same over time. A personality disorder is a way of thinking, feeling and behaving that deviates from the expectations of the culture, causes distress or problems functioning, and lasts over time.”
How common are personality disorders? An estimated 9 percent of the general population has one or more personality disorders, a number approaching one-third (33 percent) in outpatient psychiatric clinical settings.
Diagnosing personality disorders
There are 10 defined personality disorders[1] in the current U.S. diagnostic manual, the DSM-5. The 10 personality disorders are organized into Clusters, A, B and C. Cluster A are…
