PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Allison Jane Ouimet

Document Summary

Dependent, avoidant, and ocpd are part of cluster c (anxious/fearful) Pervasive instability of relationships, self-image, and affects; marked impulsivity (5 or more: frantic efforts to avoid abandonment. Could also take opposite (avoid relationships altogether so they do(cid:374)"t get abandoned: unstable, intense relationships. Not a good sense of who they are. Feeling of wearing a mask all the time. Making decisions without thinking, then regretting it later. Speeding in a car: recurrent suicidal/self-harming behaviour. Engage in behaviours that may not kill but make very ill. Multiple times per day: chronic feelings of emptiness. May cause avoidant behaviour: stress induced paranoia/dissociation. A way to avoid negative emotions (short term) Since it is a personality disorder it should be stable across time. Judgi(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ter (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) so(cid:373)e of the sy(cid:373)pto(cid:373)s: often by medical professionals. Dialectical behavioural therapy is (cid:373)odified cbt with (cid:862)ze(cid:374)/buddhist(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t: reduces self-harm and suicide, hospitalization, model gives treatment targets. Emotional instability: mood swings and inappropriate anger.