PSY 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Personality Disorder, Impulsivity
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Longstanding and engrained and rarely cured (cid:1005)(cid:1004) perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) d/o"s that are (cid:272)ategorized i(cid:374) 3 group (cid:271)elo(cid:449) Odd : paranoid personality d/o, unusually untrusting and suspicious; and may isolate themselves, usually occurs in prison inmates. Significantly affected by their disorder and will deteriorate quickly if they do not get help. Dra(cid:373)ati(cid:272) or errati(cid:272) d/o"s: antisocial personality, superficial, pathological liars, cannot be rehabilitated, ca(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e diag(cid:374)osed u(cid:374)til (cid:455)ou"re (cid:1005)8-19. Impulsive: anyone diagnosed as a child would be under conduct d/o, serial killers are antisocial personality d/o often, histrionic personality, marked by dramatic and intense behavior, problems in interpersonal relationships, seeking attention, responsive to therapy initially, borderline personality. A(cid:374)(cid:454)ious or fearful d/o"s: avoidant, obsessive compulsive, dependent. Pe(cid:272)tru(cid:373) d/o"s: asperger"s (cid:455)(cid:374)dro(cid:373)e, a lot of characteristics of autism but have better language and more social, more easily employed and usually can live a semi-normal life, autistic d/o.
