Personality disorder: signs of psychopathy and its types

Psychopathy - this is a pathological state of a person, in which he forms a special behavior of the person, which harms himself and the surrounding people. Today in psychiatry, psychopathy is more often called personality disorder. What is this pathology, what are the types and signs of psychopathy, we learn in our article.

Personality disorder

This pathology develops in the first years of a person's life under the influence of certain unfavorable conditions. Important! Do not confuse the concept of "psychopathy", the signs of which we will describe below, and "psychopath". The first characterizes the pathological state of the individual, and the second - a person with inadequate, violent and completely unpredictable behavior. These are completely different things, because a person-psychopath does not have personality disorder, moreover, he is mentally healthy.

Signs of Psychopathy

1. A peculiar disharmonious warehouse of personality. Fixed type of perception and relationship, which makes it difficult to adapt to the ever changing life situations.
2. Relative invariance and irreversibility of pathological properties and qualities of the individual. There is a distortion of not some individual traits, but a complex transformation of personality.
3. Strongly expressed violations of personality traits, which lead to difficulties in her family, social and professional adaptations.
4. All the above signs of psychopathy can not exist without the basic: the reaction of a person who has personality disorder is not amenable to any corrections or correction. In addition, the patient can not independently realize that his "strange" character quite strongly interferes with his own life adaptation. He believes that all problems lie in the behavior of people around him, as well as in the complex structure of the state.

Types of psychopathy

1. Excitable (or explosive ). Characterized by increased irritability, a constant stay in nervous tension. Attacks of inadequate rage constantly accompany such people, being their reaction to stimuli. In everyday life, these demanding, petty, selfish and incredulous people.
2. Psychosthenic . In everyday life these people are timid, anxious. They can get lost in an unfamiliar environment, the change of which is very difficult to bear. They are prone to empty thoughts, divorced from reality. These are vulnerable patients, who react painfully to criticism and rudeness.
3. Hysterical . They are pretty infantile people who like to be at the center of everyone's attention. Constant change of mood, propensity to fantasies, exaggeration and constant lie - their eternal "companions".
4. Paranoid . These are the so-called paranoids. They are stubborn, straightforward, they think rather narrowly. Their interests and passions are unidirectional. They are constantly fighting with some imaginary enemies. They think that their thoughts and judgments are the only correct ones.
5. Schizoid . It's emotionally cold and closed patients. They are focused on some of their ideas about the values of life. They are excluded from society. Their relationship with their close people is cold and dry. These are uncontrollable, unceremonious and cruel personalities.
6. Affective . Patients are divided into two groups. The first are gloomy and always gloomy people. Their views are pessimistic, and all communication with others is reduced to zero. They have a low enough self-esteem. But there are also directly opposite signs of psychopathy of this type: the second group of patients includes people with a constantly upbeat mood. They are always chatty and animated.
7. Unstable . These are absolutely weak-willed personalities. They obey any external influence. There are no goals in their lives. It depends entirely on the circumstances. Such people easily become drunkards, drug addicts and scammers.

Regardless of the type of psychopathy of every person experiencing personality disorder, one must be treated forcibly. The main attention is paid to measures of social impact. In addition, drugs should be prescribed taking into account certain psychopathological reactions, as well as specific personal characteristics of the patient.