PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder
18 Apr 2017
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Personality traits are enduring patters of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself: are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts. Only when they are inflexible and maladaptive and cause significant functional impairment/subjective distress are they considered personality disorders. Personality disorder: an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior, that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual"s culture, are manifested in at least 2 of the following areas: Impulse control: they are extensive and inflexible, onset is normally in adolescence or early childhood. Stable over time: leads to distress or impairment. The 10 personality disorders are grouped into three clusters based on descriptive similarities: cluster a = odd/eccentric, cluster b = dramatic/emotional, cluster c = anxious/fearful. Individuals frequently present with co-occurring personality disorders from different clusters. 1 paranoid personality disorder: essential feature of paranoid pd: A pattern of pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives (often interpreted as malevolent).
