PSYB32H3 Lecture : Lecture notes - personality disorders
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With personality disorders inflexible to pattern of behaviors. Anosognosic state / egocentonic unaware of their personalities. Oc personality disorder harder to identify low inter-rater reliability probably might be diagnose as ocd axis 1 personality disorder . Test retest reliability most stable personality disorder is anti-social personality disorder. Shizoid and schizotypo disorder develop schizophrenia least amount of test-retest reliability and inter rater reliability. Comorbidity : also dependent but not as super dependent as dependent personality disorder. Nothing acute with this disorder life long personality characteristic. Schizoid pd dull, aloof, no interest in sex, anhedonic, indifferent to praise and criticism 1% in prevalence more common in men co occurs with schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenic disorder. Schizotypal features of schizoid plus excessive social anxiety along with prodromal and residual symptoms of schizophrenia negative symptoms flat effect, amotivation. They also experience illusions may sense presence people in a room sense dead person have magical beliefs or superstitious 3% of population.
