Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Haloperidol, Social Skills, Dsm-5

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: Ian Nicholson

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When personality characteristics interfere with relationships with others, cause the person distress, or in general disrupt activities of daily living, however, we consider these to be personality disorders . Personality disorders are chronic and are de ned as persistent patterns of emotions, cognitions, and behavior that results in enduring emotional distress for the person affected and/or for others and may cause dif culties with work and relationships. The distinction between problems of degree and problems of kind is usually described in terms of dimensions and categories. Diagnostic criteria should be supplemented by a dimensional model in which individuals would not only be given categorical diagnoses but also would be rated on a series of personality dimensions. Such a system would advantages over a purely categorical system: It would retain more info about each individual. It would be more exible because it would permit both categorical and dimensional differentiations among individuals.