PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Developmental Disorder, Heredity, Echolalia
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More difficult (don"t respond to treatment in the same way) to treat than positive. Slowed monotonous speech and movement symptoms (with pills), different underlying causes. Primarily a brain disorder, enlarged ventricles (less brain matter) Controversial disorder of a broader group of dissociative disorders. Suggested it should be a type of post-traumatic stress disorder. Characterized by interacting with the world in maladaptive and inflexible ways, over a long period of time, resulting in social/work problems and personal distress. Usually last throughout the lifespan with no expectation of significant change (axis 2) Borderline personality disorder: characterized by disturbances in identity, affect, and impulse control. Must have certain number of symptoms to be diagnosed with bpd. Identity: lack a strong sense of self, fear abandonment/being alone, and can be very manipulative in their attempt to control relationships. Impulsivity: self mutilation most common, also sexual promiscuity, physical fighting, binge eating and purging. Environmental factors: trauma, abuse, relationship with caregivers.
