PSYC 3390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Grandiosity, Monoamine Oxidase A, Dsm-5
12 Feb 2016
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People with paranoid personality disorder are excessively mistrustful and suspicious of others without any justification. They assume other people are out to harm or trick them. People with this personality disorder show a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a very limited range of emotions in interpersonal situations. Detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression: neither desires nor enjoys close relationships; choose solitary activities; little sexual experiences; lack close friendships; appears indifferent to the praise or criticism; emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity. Strong role for genetics in paranoid personality disorder; some relationship with schizophrenia; early mistreatment or traumatic childhood experiences; schema; culture factor (prisoners, refugees, hearing impairment) Childhood shyness; abuse and neglect in childhood; parent of children with autism; Use cognitive therapy to counter the person"s mistaken assumptions. Therapist often begin treatment by pointing out the value in social relationships; taught the emotions felt by others to learn empathy; social skills training; role- playing.
