Which Personality Disorder Does Not Abate With Age?

Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2015

Question: Which personality disorder does not abate with age and can in fact become more accentuated with maturity?

Answered by Dr. Shubham Mehta (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Cluster A personality disorders.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
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There is some scientic literature regarding change in personality disorders with age.

It suggests that cluster A personality disorders (especially schizoid personality disorder) increase with age.

Cluster B personality disorders (borderline, antisocial, histrionic) decrease with age.

Hope this answers your query satisfactorily.

Thanks.
Dr. Shubham Mehta, MD(Psychiatry).

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju