PSYC3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Semi-Structured Interview, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Extraversion And Introversion
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7. 5% borderline and schizotypal are the most common pd disorders in in/outpatient settings. Problems of classifying pds diagnostic reliability unstructured interview, semi- structured interviews, overlap among disorders (11% of pts with pds have only 1. Do traits really exist disagreement as to whether the traits the underlie pds really exist, personality traits are present in varying degree in most people, the diagnostic categories are defined by the extremes examples of dimensional approach. 3 dimension model social involvement vs uninvolvement with others, assertion/dominance vs passive submission, anxious rumination vs behavioural acting out 5-factor model of personality neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness. Sources of error for pd diagnoses clinician"s own stance regarding certain personality features, retrospective info, higher level of inference required, source of info may be unreliable, use of descriptive criteria. Clusters of pds a: odd or eccentric paranoid, schizotypal, schizoid b: dramatic, emotional or erratic narcissistic, histrionic, borderline, antisocial c: anxious or fearful dependent, obsessive-compulsive, avoidant.
