PSYB32H3 Lecture 9: PSYB32 - Lecture 9.docx
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Prof"s speech - purple: heterogeneous group of disorders. Contradictory because there is a lot of overlap in personality disorders. Great deal of comorbidity: longstanding, pervasive, and inflexible patterns of behaviour and inner experience ** Maybe even more so to treat than axis i disorders. Personality disorders are axis ii disorders: deviate from the expectations of a person"s culture. Different behaviours are abnormal in different cultural contexts. Cluster a odd or eccentric, avoidance of social contact. Cluster b dramatic, emotional, or erratic. Has to impact social/occupational functioning: suspicious of others. Strength and energy has decreased with age. Claims to be immune to psychological problems. Believes he own reacts on the basis of rational thought. Involves self in useful work during waking hours and doesn"t have time for play even in 20 years of retirement. Schizoid personality disorder: does not desire or enjoy social relationships. Marked by social isolation and emotional restriction.
