Addictive Personality Disorder WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Addictive Personality Disorder
Addictive personality disorder is a mental condition and can manifest in several different forms such as gambling, stealing, and eating disorders. These symptoms can range in degree from mild to severe.1 With treatment most people can lead normal lives.2
Fast Facts:
- Addictive personalities can make a person susceptible to self-destructive behavior.2
- Many people with addictive personality disorder have self-esteem issues and a negative view of themselves.3
- People with this disorder usually receive some sort of satisfaction from their addition.4
- Some common factors include being insecure, depression, antisocial behavior, and not being able to deal with stress.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ The New York Times: The Addictive Personality: Common Traits are Found
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Drug Rehab Treatment: Do You Have an Addictive Personality?
- ↑ DrDonaldMcCann (via APA Practice Organization: The “Addictive” Personality
- ↑ Real Mental Health: Histrionic Personality Disorder Plus Addiction
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- Contributor: Judy Rafferty
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
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- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Last update: Oct. 9, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
