noun
character disorder; personality disorder
Dated psychiatric term; in modern clinical usage, パーソナリティ障害 is preferred. Still encountered in older texts or general explanations.
See also: パーソナリティ障害
昔の精神医学では「性格障害」という言葉が使われていた。
In older psychiatry, the term 'character disorder' was used.
この本では、性格障害はパーソナリティ障害とほぼ同じ意味で説明されている。
In this book, 'character disorder' is explained as having almost the same meaning as 'personality disorder'.
Modern clinical term for personality disorder; 性格障害 is its dated predecessor.
Compound of 性格 (personality, character) and 障害 (disorder). The term is a direct translation of the English 'character disorder', which was historically used in psychiatry before being largely replaced by 'personality disorder'.