PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Dependent Personality Disorder
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Psych 111: introduction to psychology - lecture 17: chapter fifteen- psychological. Any behavior or emotional state that causes distress or suffering, is maladaptive, and disturbs relationships and the greater community. Whether or not a person is in control of behavior and aware of the consequences of his/her actions. Descriptive and provides a set of criteria for diagnosis. Many of the symptoms are based on subjective, not objective, measures. Most recently replaced by the dsm 5. Diagnostic categories take a developmental/lifespan approach beginning with disorders that appear in infancy/childhood through those most likely to occur in adulthood. Autism spectrum disorder replaces different categories of autism, like pervasive developmental disorder and aspergers. Bipolar disorder considered its own category instead of a mood disorder. Ocd (including hoarding) and ptsd are no longer considered anxiety disorders, although anxiety is part of the symptom picture. Bereavement can be included as a stressor for major depressive. Types of schizophrenia are removed from the dsm 5.
