Other names: personality disorders

Personality is a set of physical and mental characteristics. This is largely genetically predetermined, when a person develops a particular manner in which, however, affect the surrounding influences. The man with the most changes in childhood (the influence of parents, friends), but partly in adulthood (due to life experience).

In old age, personality changes are usually a manifestation of degenerative changes in the brain tissue (Alzheimer’s disease).

Personality changes can occur throughout life, the loss of a loved one, a job, a child traumatic experiences (stay in a concentration camp, torture, kidnapping, hostage …) etc. People usuallywithdraw into herself, is distrustful and hostile surroundings, has fear of the future, feelings of emptiness and mired in depression. Elderly or sick people may have a fear of death, they may feel unwanted, alienation from their loved ones who must care for them. They become indifferent to their former activities and interests, they do not have anything of joy may be hypochondričtí(looking at each other various diseases).

Among psychiatric diagnoses include personality disorders, when they have origins in childhood when, however, may be more subtle and are formed during development and accentuate. They are usuallyhereditary, but can get involved and Education. These are personality disorders: paranoid (irritable and touchy people), schizoid (emotional coldness, withdrawal, reticence), emotionally unstable(much choleric temperament, inclination to aggression and alertness), anxiety (evasiveness, lack of confidence), dependent (passive personality willingness to obey others) anankastické (excessive meticulousness, pedantry, doubts about his abilities, these people do not change) and other personality disorders.

Dissocial personality disorder

The most dangerous personality disorder is a disorder antisocial. These people are usually against the law, refusing to rule. When you do something to it and are punished for it ( “make a mistake somewhere”), have the feeling that the next offense has performed perfectly and nobody can talk it to them, they are unable guilt.

Hysteria

Specific personality disorder is also a histrionic or narcissistic disorder. Hysterical people (usually women) are prone to histrionics, lhavosti, recriminations and accusations, wants to be the center of attention. They may also be called. Bifurcated personalities.

Therapy

All these disorders are therapeutically difficult to influence, therefore, they tend to be permanent in nature. Assistance may just different psychotherapeutic methods. Depression or, conversely aggression can absorb drugs.

Secondary personality changes

There are also so-called. Secondary personality changes that arise due to a brain disease orschizophrenia, which may be changes in personality quite varied (schizophrenia has mold paranoid, with increased and aimless activity, reduced activity – emotional flatness, loss of interest, and other forms) , also leads to a complete disintegration of personality (with heavier schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, after heavy poisonings and other diseases of the nervous system).

Treatment of schizophrenia is in the hands of psychiatrists.