BIOC17H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Adjustment Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
17 Mar 2018
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Topics to cover: a brief history of classification, the diagnostic system of the american psychiatric association, diagnostic categories. Is usually common in childhood: conduct disorder (cd): involves engaging in antisocial behaviour and violating other people"s rights, personality disorders, schizoid personality disorder: occurs when a person is indifferent to praise and criticism. These people usually do not have many friends: narcissistic personality disorder: occurs when a person has an overblown sense of self importance and fantasies of great success. These people usually require constant attention and are likely to exploit others: antisocial personality disorder: is usually apparent before age 15, occurs when individuals do not feel remorse, guilt, or shame about wrongdoings. These people are often referred to as sociopaths or psychopaths: dsm-iv vs. dsm-v diagnosis, descriptions in terms of diagnoses are similar, but some of the terminology can be different, the dsm-v does not consider a person"s present functioning.
