PSY3032 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Schizoid Personality Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder

• School: Monash University
• Department: Health Sciences - Psychology
• Course: PSY3032
• Professor: Various

Document Summary

Personality disorders: personality= consistent over time and across a wide range of life domains. Individual differences in how we perceive, think and relate to the environment and ourselves: perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455)= d(cid:455)(cid:374)a(cid:373)i(cid:272) pro(cid:272)esses, does(cid:374)"t re(cid:373)ai(cid:374) sta(cid:271)le o(cid:448)er the life spa(cid:374) Interviews w/people who know individual well improves accuracy of diagnosis not many do this though despite this knowledge. Problems w/the dsm-5 approa(cid:272)h to pd"s: ma(cid:374)(cid:455) pd"s are (cid:374)ot as sta(cid:271)le/e(cid:374)duri(cid:374)g as the d m asserts e. g. (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) re(cid:272)o(cid:448)er fro(cid:373) their. Alternative dsm-5 (cid:373)odel for pd"s: redu(cid:272)e the (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of pd"s from 10 to 6. Common risk factors across the pd"s: used to think parenting and early developmental influences, now see a stronger biological component, abuse particularly paranoid, antisocial, borderline, narcissistic & obsessive-compulsive. Clinical description and aetiology of the odd/eccentric cluster (cluster a: paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, share bizarre thinking & experiences of schizophrenia, but less severe.