Self-defeating personality disorder
| Self-defeating personality disorder | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Masochistic personality disorder |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
| Complications | Dysthymia, major depressive episode |
| Usual onset | Early adulthood |
| Risk factors | Family history, abuse |
| Differential diagnosis | physical, sexual or psychological abuse, major depressive disorder |
| Personality disorders |
|---|
| Cluster A (odd) |
| Cluster B (dramatic) |
| Cluster C (anxious) |
| Other and unspecified |
| Depressive |
| Others |
Self-defeating personality disorder (also known as masochistic personality disorder) was a proposed personality disorder. As a descriptor for "Other personality disorder" it was included in the DSM-III in 1980.: 330 It was discussed in an appendix of the revised DSM-III-R in 1987,: 371 but was never formally admitted into the manual. The distinction was not seen as clinically valuable because of its significant overlap with other personality disorders (borderline, avoidant and dependent). Both the DSM-III and DSM-III-R separated the condition from sexual masochism.: 274 : 287
It was entirely excluded from the DSM-IV. Since the DSM-5, the diagnoses other specified / unspecified personality disorder have mostly replaced its use.