PSYC 2740 Lecture 17: PSYCH 2740 CHPT 19 LECTURE

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

Document Summary

Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that differs greatly from the expectations of a person"s culture that impacts: thoughts (how we think), emotion, interpersonal relationships (don"t want things that have to do with other persons), behaviour. As categories people meet criteria or they do not. Or as dimensions on a continuum (we vary) Many traits associated with personality disorders are normally distributed (around the mean) > thus, certain behaviours and traits - in certain amounts equate to personality disorder manifestation. Criteria for all mental illness outlined in the diagnosis & statistical manual (dsm) for mental disorders may 2013: the 5th edition (dsm-5) was changed. 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 are now grouped together.