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personality disorder

Maladjusted, often antisocial pattern of behaviour that is usually well in evidence by the teenage years. The person concerned lacks insight and tends to be a liability (if not a danger) to himself and others. The condition remains curiously intractable, but some people mature out of their maladaptive behaviour and become better adjusted in middle life.

See also psychopathy.



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