Imagine that you are watching a slide presentation. When the words "borderline," "antisocial," "histrionic," and "narcissistic" appear on the screen, the lecturer apologizes for the missing category label. You know, however, that these types refer to ________ disorders.

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These terms refer to types of personality disorders, which are characterized by enduring, inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that deviate significantly from the expectations of a person's culture and lead to distress or impairment.  There are ten types of personality disorders, organized in three categories, or clusters. Those listed here are in Cluster B, which describes erratic or dramatic patterns of behavior, perceiving, or thinking.

Imagine That You Are Watching a Slide Presentation