[Personality disorders and adult behavior according to ICD-10]

Diagnostic criteria for Personality Disorders and Adult Behavior according I.C.D.-10 are reviewed. The authors point out that I.C.D.-10 considers the Personality Disorders as an entity in constant interaction with the environment. This fact allows to include the adult traumatic perturbations within this category. So the range becomes a wider one the traditional which locates the Personality Disorders only in young ages. The authors consider important that the Schizotypic and Cycloid Personality Disorders are left out since they both exceed the criteria for Personality Disorders. Developmental Disorders and Sexual Orientation presents conceptual inconsistencies that deserve further reflections. It is of interest that Borderline Disorders be considered a subtype of Emotional Disorders differentiating them from Impulsive type which agrees with clinic and neurobiological studies. They also think that incorporation of flexible quantitative cut off would be important to allow the clinician to ponder and value according to clinical evidences. They conclude that this chapter orders and propose clear and discriminative criteria for the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders and Adult Behavior.