PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder, Dsm-5

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Lewis Stephen

Document Summary

Lecture 19 - april 4 disorders of personality lecture. Personality disorder: enduring pattern of experience and behavior that differs greatly from the expectations of a person"s culture that impacts: thoughts, emotion, interpersonal relationships, behavior. Is rigid and consistent across various personal and interpersonal situations: yields significant distress and negatively impacts functioning. Is stable and of a long duration (typical onset of symptoms in adolescence) * many traits associated with personality disorders are normally distributed. * thus, certain behaviors and certain traits- in certain amounts- equate to personality disorder manifestation. * criteria for all mental illness outlined in the diagnosis and statistical manual (dsm) for mental disorders. * may 2013: the 5th edition of the dsm was published. No change in any diagnostic criteria for any of the 10 personality disorders. Thus, any personality disorder diagnosis may still be given. Personality disorders formerly conceptualized as a separate form of mental illness, Now all mental illnesses- including personality disorders- are grouped together.