PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Delusional Disorder, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder
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Are enduring and relatively stable predispositions (ways of relating and thinking) predispositions are causing distress and/or impairment (is about the way you think) Can be a problem with personality disorders because not everyone"s are the exact same. Pai looks at various aspects of personality for functionality, has higher peaks and lows. Prevalence info is lacking due to failure of seeking treatment. Begins in childhood/adolescence, runs chronic course if untreated. There is gender bias, may be a result of criterion or assessment gender bias (more males are antisocial, more females are histrionic) Paranoid pd: clinical feature = pervasive and unjustified mistrust and suspicion: comorbidity with schizotypal, borderline and avoidant pd, biological and psychological contributions unclear: modest evidence of relation with schizophrenia and delusion disorder. Psychoanalytic perspective = possibly from having unaccepting/abusive parents. Could also be cognitive deficiencies in thinking: patients like the intellectual aspects of therapy, not so much the emotional aspect, ex.
