3. Anxiety Disorders Disorders in which anxiety is a characteristic or the avoidance of anxiety is likely to incite abnormal behavior. Phobias Panic disorder Generalized anxiety disorder Obsessive-compulsive disorder

4. Dissociative Disorders Dissociative amnesia Dissociative fugue Dissociative identity disorder Depersonalization disorder

5. Somatoform Disorders Somatization disorder Conversion disorder Hypochondriasis Body dysmorphic disorder

6. Mood Disorders Disturbances in mood or prolonged emotional state. Depression Mania Bipolar disorder

7. Schizophrenia Abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality. Distortions in perception may affect all five senses, including sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch

8. Personality Disorders Paranoid personality disorder Schizoid personality disorder Schizotypal personality disorder Antisocial personality disorder Borderline personality disorder Histrionic personality disorder Narcissistic personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder Dependent personality disorder Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder Passive-aggressive personality disorder Depressive personality disorder

9. References Introduction to Personality Disorders. Retrieved on October 17, 2009 from: http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=8 Millon, Theodore; Roger D. Davis (1996). Disorders of Personality: DSM-IV and Beyond. Dissociative Disorders. Retrieved on October 17, 2009 from: http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/Dissociative.html