PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Heritability, Social Skills, Grey Matter
12 Mar 2016
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Longstanding, pervasive, inflexible, extreme, and persistent patterns of behaviour and inner experience. Many people who seem to have serious personality problems do not fit any of the diagnoses. Who they are by their nature gets them into trouble. Personality disorders are highly comorbid with axis i. More than 50% of people diagnosed with one personality disorder meet the diagnostic criteria for another. 3 clusters within clinical similarity (dsm- 5: odd/eccentric, dramatic/ erratic, anxious/ fearful. Table 15. 1: key features of the dsm-5 personality disorders** Detachment from social relationships/ restricted range of emotional expression. Lack of capacity for close relationships, cognitive distortions, and eccentric behaviour. 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. Cluster c (anxious/fearful no no yes yes yes no yes. Social inhibition, feels inadequate, hypersensitive to negativity yes.
