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Chapter 16 - Personality Disorders (What is it? (5 Criteria (Criterion A…

- - - - Manifest in at least 2 areas
        
        Cognition
        
        Affectivity
        
        Interpersonal functioning
        
        Impulse control
    - - Pattern must be inflexible and pervasive across personal and social situations
    - - Pattern leads to distress of impairment of functioning
    - - Pattern is stable and long, can be traced back as well
    - - Pattern is not better accounted for as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder
  - - - Problematic personality traits are present or absent
      - Personality disorder is either displayed or not
      - Person suffering is not markedly troubled by the personality traits outside of the disorder
- - - - Pervasive
      - Unjustified mistrust
      - Excessive jealousy
    - - Biological and Psychological unclear
      - Early learning that the world is dangerous
    - - Few seek help
      - Focus on building trust
      - Cognitive therapy to counter negative thinking
      - Lack good outcome studies
  - - - Narcissistic Personality Disorder
        
        Exaggerated sense of self-importance
        
        Exploitative attitude
        
        Lack off empathy
    - - Borderline Personality DO
        
        Characterized by emotional
        
        Very high sensitivity to emotional stimuli
        
        Very intense response to emotional stimuli
        
        Slow return to emotional baseline following emotional arousal
      - Linehan's Diathesis-Stress Theory: Etiology of BPD #
        
        Stress
        
        Failure to validate child's feelings by parent
        
        Diathesis
        
        Emotional dysregulation
      - Sexual
      - Raised by borderlines
      - Feeling empty
      - Fear of abandoment
    - - Antisocial Personality #
        
        At least 3 behavioral problems occurring after age 15
        
        At least 3 instances of deviant behavior before age 15
        
        Antisocial behavior is not a symptom of another mental disorder
      - Following characteristics are typical of psychopaths
        
        Inadequite consciennce deveoplment
        
        Lack of empathy
        
        Irresponsible and impulsive behavior
        
        Ability to impress and exploit others
  - - - Dependent Personality Disorder
        
        Excessive need by the person to be taken care of and leads to submission and clinging