CJ ST 484 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Conscientiousness, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Attention Seeking
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5 patterns for criteria of a personality disorder. Second, the enduring pattern leads to clinically significant. There are 5 additional guidelines for diagnostic criteria for a. First, the enduring pattern of the personality is inflexible and personality disorder pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations. Third the pattern is stable and a long duration and its onset can be traces back to earlier life stages. Fourth, the enduring patterns is not better accounted for as a manifestation of consequences o another mental disorder. Fifth, the enduring pattern is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance, such as a medication or a general medical condition, such as head trauma. Not due to a direct medical problem - meds or head trauma. But they have a lot of dopamin - very adventure seeking, More serotonin - too much regulation excited. Paranoid personality disorder : patterns of distrust, suspicious of all.