PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Antisocial Personality Disorder, Prefrontal Cortex, Schizotypal Personality Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Giorgio Tasca

Document Summary

What are the 6 formal criteria for personality disorders: 1. 2 of these; cognitions, emotions, interpersonal functioning, impulse control: 2. The enduring pattern of behaviour is rigid & consistent across a broad range of personal & social situations: 3. The behaviour should lead to clinically significant distress: 4. There is stability and long duration of symptoms with onset in adolescence or earlier: 5. The behaviour cannot be accounted for by another mental disorder: 6. The behaviour patterns are not the result of substance abuse (ex. drugs, alcohol) or another medical condition. What are the 3 clusters into which 10 disorders are categorized: odd & eccentric disorders, paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders, antisocial* - psychopathy, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, anxious and fearful disorders, avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive. What is the prevalence of personality disorders: 6-9% of the population will have one or more personality disorders during their life, antisocial and borderline are the most researched.