How to Use personality disorder in a Sentence

personality disorder

noun

• If this self-loathing isn’t a symptom of a mental illness or personality disorder, nothing is.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2024
• How much of her story is about the supernatural or unknown element of the show, and how much of it is about a personality disorder from repressed trauma?
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Apr. 2023
• The presence of such symptoms, the researchers found, was strongly predictive of personality disorders in young adulthood.
  — Victoria Costello, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2012
• Ninety percent of inmates have been diagnosed with a mental illness, and about 70% have a personality disorder.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The study also found those with attention-seeking behaviors due to a personality disorder were prone to sadfishing.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 13 June 2024
• There's no way to prevent schizoid or other personality disorders.
  — Jessica Migala, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
• Experts at the state mental hospital concluded that Stauch had a personality disorder with borderline and narcissistic features but was sane at the time Gannon was killed.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 May 2023
• Police were told that Anthony Bowman, a local physician who had been taking medication for bipolar personality disorder, had briefly left the home and then returned.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Now, Sandoval’s efforts to characterize Kristen Doute as mentally unstable – to the point of accusing her of having a personality disorder – feels like gaslighting.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023
• Written by three authors with years of experience in psychiatric care, the workbook provides clear, helpful exercises and a wealth of information to learn about anxiety and personality disorders.
  — Mary K. Tatum, Ms, Verywell Health, 14 July 2023
• The grey area in between a personality trait and a mental health condition: Because narcissism can be viewed on a spectrum, there is a grey area in between exhibiting benign personality traits and narcissism as a personality disorder.
  — Patricia Fersch, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The researchers considered 16 distinct mental disorders, from schizophrenia and depression to anorexia and personality disorders.
  — Aaron Reuben, Outside Online, 11 June 2019
• Because there are so many different ways bipolar can present, it’s often misdiagnosed as major depression, anxiety, psychosis, autism, ADHD, or personality disorders.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• Loneliness has been shown to increase the risk for depression, personality disorders, suicide, dementia, cardiovascular problems and even premature death.
  — Jelena Kecmanovic, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2023
• This personality disorder can include the behaviors below.
  — Catherine Dibenedetto, Health, 19 Mar. 2024
• The disorder is underdiagnosed, partly because symptoms can be confused with other personality disorders and partly because most narcissists aren’t rushing into therapy.
  — Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
• Psychiatrists who specialize in therapy tend to treat patients with long-lasting depression, anxiety and personality disorders, according to research.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• But some psychiatrists contended that the vulnerability criteria overlapped too much with those of other personality disorders.
  — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• Some members noted that key symptoms such as identity disturbance, outbursts of anger, and unstable interpersonal relations also featured in narcissistic and histrionic personality disorders.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
• Over time, her expertise grew to encompass areas as diverse as grief, personality disorders, family trauma, compassion fatigue, military counseling, mindfulness meditation, ADHD, and anxiety.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• Someone who exhibits narcissistic traits may have a personality disorder known as narcissistic personality disorder.
  — Fortune Well, 3 Mar. 2023
• For example, practitioners misdiagnose autism as ADHD, anxiety, intellectual disabilities, and personality disorders.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024