Ego/ boundary (attribute) | Personality disorders/ adversity | Mental disorders/ adversity | ||||
| dramatic-erratic/ danger | fearful-anxious/ unfamiliarity-uncertainty | odd-eccentric/hardship | dramatic-erratic/danger | fearful-anxious/ unfamiliarity-uncertainty | odd-eccentric/hardship |
Territorial/rigid (dualistic) | borderline | obsessive-compulsive | paranoid | bipolar | obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | schizophrenia |
Individualistic/ flexible (competitive-independent) | Narcissistic antisocial | avoidant | schizoid | impulse control disorders, trauma-related disorders, ADHD, mania | phobias, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder | negative schizophrenia, dissociative disorders, somatic symptom disorders |
Collectivistic/flexible (cooperative-relational) | histrionic (urgent relation) | dependent | schizotypal | depression (failed relation) | social anxiety, eating disorders | positive schizophrenia |