PSY240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Personality Disorder, Impulsivity
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People with personality disorders are difficult to work with. Personality is diagnosed on axis ii of dsm. It means that part of your personality is not working. Even though you can treat it, it is enduring (they last). 10 personality disorders that are a part of 3 clusters. Extreme patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving (personality traits) that deviate from a person"s culture. This pattern must be evident in 2 or more of these domains: Cognitive domain (your thoughts about yourself and others) Emotional responses (what should your emotional response be to a d- on final exam?) Interpersonal functioning (response to someone saying they don"t like you) Impulse control (shooting someone if they say they don"t like you) Often ego-syntonic person may not see a problem. Begin early in life and remain stable not contextually or transient. Children are not considered to have personalities, they have temperament. Anti-social personality disorder - adults in addition who are unable to follow rules.
