PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Paranoid Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Avoidant Personality Disorder
Document Summary
Personality traits lie in a dimension we all have it ! Heterogenous group of disorders longstanding, pervasive, and inflexible patterns of behaviour and inner experience. Deviate from the expectations of a person"s culture impair social and occupational functioning there is a adaptive failure in different contexts. Dsm-5 -->no more axis dedicated for personality disorders. ** people with personality disorder are ego dystonic most people will not present for intervention don"t believe they have a problem therefore need informants close people positive-impression management scale high. Someone who is denying they have problems. Believe others are out to exploit them or mistreat them. Paranoid thoughts are based on reality still. No negative symptoms there is no acute or residual phase the personality is constant. Does not desire or enjoy social relationships. Attenuated form of schizophrenia! they have negative and positive symptoms too! But what"s different is they are eccentric. Claims to be telepathic, have special powers!
