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Diagnostic Taxonomy / 15 Personality Spectra

The Millon Fifteen Personality Styles/Disorders and Subtypes

The following lists the most recent and complete of the 15 normal and abnormal personalities derived from the Millon Evolutionary Theory. Each includes first the normal prototype or personality style (e.g., retiring), and second, the abnormal prototype or personality disorder (e.g., schizoid).
Spectrum AcronymScale No. (MCMI‐IV)Normal StyleAbnormal StyleClinical Disorder
AASchd1ApatheticAsocialSchizoid
SRAvoid2AShyReticentAvoidant
DFMelan2BDejectedForlornMelancholic
DADepn3DeferentialAttachedDependent
SPHistr4ASociablePleasuringHistrionic
EETurbu4BEbullientExuberantTurbulent
CENarc5ConfidentEgotisticalNarcissistic
ADAntis6AAggrandizingDeviousAntisocial
ADSadis6BAssertiveDenigratingSadistic
RCComp7ReliableConstrictedCompulsive
DRNegat8ADiscontentedResentfulNegativistic
AAMasoc8BAbusedAggrievedMasochistic
ESSchizophSEccentricSchizotypalSchizophrenic
UBCyclophCUnstableBorderlineCyclophrenic
MPParaphPMistrustfulParanoidParaphrenic
  • 1: Schizoid
  • 2A: Avoidant
  • 2B: Melancholic
  • 3: Dependent
  • 4A: Histrionic
  • 4B: Turbulent
  • 5: Narcissistic
  • 6A: Antisocial
  • 6B: Sadistic
  • 7: Compulsive
  • 8A: Negativistic
  • 8B: Masochistic
  • S: Schizotypal 
  • C: Borderline
  • P: Paranoid

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