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Cluster B Personality Disorders

The Cluster B Personality Disorders Section is comprised of the following subsections:

• Antisocial Personality Disorder
  The essential feature of Antisocial Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.
• Borderline Personality Disorder
  The essential feature of Borderline Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts.
• Histrionic Personality Disorder
  The essential feature of Histrionic Personality Disorder is pervasive and excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior.
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
  The essential feature of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts.

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision^TM. Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association. All Rights Reserved.