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- A personality disorder is characterized by a set of inflexible, maladaptive personality traits.
- Personality disorders differ from other problems because people affected by them often have little sense of personal distress.
- The best-known type of personality disorder, illustrated by the case above, is the antisocial personality disorder.
- Individuals with this disturbance show no regard for the moral and ethical rules of society.
- A variety of factors may cause this disorder, ranging from the inability to experience emotions to problems in family relationships.
- People with borderline personality disorder have difficulty developing a secure sense of who they are.
- They distrust others and have difficulty controlling their anger.
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