PSY 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder
Document Summary
Individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Distress is viewed as coming from persons own thoughts, feelings, and actions. Distress is viewed as coming from external sources. Reflecting the idea that these disorders are characterized by off or eccentric behavior. Disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior. Detachment from social relationships and restricted range of emotional expression. Lack of capacity for close relationships, cognitive distortions, and eccentric behavior. Disregard for and violation of the rights of others. Instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affect, as well as marked impulsivity. Grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Social inhibitions, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. Excessive need to be taken care of, submissive behavior, and fears of separation. Preoccupation with order, perfection, and control: disorders are not as stable as the definition implies, extremely high rates of comorbidity among personality disorders. An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is inflexible and pervasive.
