PSYC 3390 Lecture Notes - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Abusive Power And Control, Impulse Control Disorder
5 Dec 2012
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Clinical features of personality disorders for most of us, our adult personality is attuned to the demands of society, in other words, we readily comply with most societal explanations. Personality disorder - certain traits that are so inflexible and maladaptive that these people are unable to perform adequately at least some of the varied roles expected of them by society. Personality disorders were formerly known by psychodynamic theorists as characteris- tics disorders. People with personality disorders often cause at least as much difficulty in the lives of others as in their own lives. Tuesday, november 6, 2012 in many cases, major stressful life event aery in life also help set the stage for develop- ment of these inflexible and distorted personality patterns. Epidemiological studies on the prevalence of personality disorders in canada are few. 9. 1% of individuals were found to suffer from a personality disorder, earlier studies found 13%
