“…This will range from mild ("not associated with substantial harm to self or others") to severe 4 ("associated with a past history and future expectation of severe harm to self or others that has caused long-term damage or has endangered life" (Tyrer et al, 2015 p.722). In a bifactor analysis of PD traits, Sharp, Wright, Fowler, Frueh, Allen, Oldham and Clark (2015) identified a general (g) factor that transcended diagnostic boundaries and appeared to index overall PD severity. It represented a mixture of antisocial traits (irresponsible, disregard for safety, failure to conform, deceitfulness, impulsivity), traits related to cognitive disturbance (odd beliefs, ideas of reference), and traits related to internalising/neurotic introversion (socially inhibited, avoids social contacts at work, preoccupied with rejection), as well as traits related to obsessionality.…”