Abnormal Psych Lecture 9

Midterm test 3Content lecture material since the last test including the guest lecture speaker Diagnosticcriteria for the different disorders boxes should be reviewed test hint No case studies or figures are essential but some of the concept overview tables maybe helpful in understanding Personality Differing views Psychiatrists Categorical approach Personality disordersPsychologistsDimensional approach continuum approach Personality The DSMV may include more dimensional aspects right now they look more at the categoriesPersonalityDr John Livesley Definition of normal personality Stable and coherent view of self and othersCapacity for intimacy and affiliation Function adaptively in society with not donePersonality disorders