PSYC 3406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Psychosis

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3406
• Professor: Ann Blumer

Document Summary

Personality is also exible, allowing us to learn and adapt to new environments: for those with personality disorders, that exibility is usually missing. Becomes a disorder when it interferes with one"s functioning and when it causes the person distress. Seen in most interactions, differs from the experiences and behaviors usually expected of people. Lead to psychological pain for the individual and social/occupational dif culties; may also bring pain to others. A personality disorder typically becomes recognizable in adolescence or early adulthood: among most dif cult psychological disorders to treat, many sufferers are not even aware of their personality disorder. Date: 4/4/16: 9-13% of all adults have a personality disorder (pd) Dsm-5 identi es 10 personality disorders and separates these into 3 categories or clusters : odd or eccentric behavior. Paranoid, schizoid & schizotypal personality disorders: dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior. Antisocial, borderline, narcissistic & histrionic personality disorders: anxious or fearful behavior.