PSYC 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Disorder, Paranoid Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3140
• Professor: Alexandra Rutherford

Document Summary

Personality disorders: eliminated axis 2, maintained same categories as dsm-iv-tr, considered dimensional approach, which is described as al alternative model in dsm 5 section 3, dimensional perspective: disordered personality reflects extreme levels of tendencies. Personality disorder clusters: cluster a, paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal, oddness and avoidance of social contact, cluster b, anti-social, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic, dramatic, emotional, or erratic, extrapunitive and hostile, cluster c, avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive, fearful. Etiology odd/eccentric cluster: based upon family study research, possible genetic links to schizophrenia, considered less severe variants of, could be linked to a history of ptsd and childhood maltreatment. Etiology of bpd: object relations theory, inconsistent parental love causes insecure ego development, biological factors, runs in families, poor functioning of the frontal lobes. Killers who were not simply persistently antisocial; they were remorseless predators, used charm, intimidation and cold blooded violence to achieve their ends: 20% of people with apd score increase on the hare.