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What to Look for in a Therapist When dealing with personality disorders, you will generally work with an abnormal behavioral therapist or a cognitive behavioral therapist. [therapytribe.com]

To avoid this behavior, it is necessary that the near surroundings or familiy recognize abnormal behavior and take appropriate action. [dk.um.si]

behavior pattern is enduring, of long standing, and not limited to episodes of mental illness; The abnormal behavior pattern is pervasive and clearly maladaptive to a broad range of personal and social situations; The above manifestations always appear [en.wikipedia.org]

OCD is a form of anxiety expressed through compulsive behavior, meant to appease some form of obsessive thought, such as a fear revolving around lights or germs. [paradigmmalibu.com]

Until the end of that century, "personality" referred to the subjective aspects of the self, and "personality disorder" meant alteration of consciousness (e.g., hysterical dissociation); the behavioral patterns dealt with by DSM-III-R as personality disorders [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]