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This week's mental health article is on Personality Disorders. While many disorders, such as depression and anxiety-related illnesses, vacillate in symptom presence and intensity, people with a personality disorder have a more permanent, characterological disorder that defines who they are and how they see themselves, others, and the world around them. Read on to learn the three distinct areas that make this group of disorders different and the criteria used to diagnose them.

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