PSYC 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cluster B Personality Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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10. 1: what are some of the general features of personality disorders: chronic interpersonal difficulties, problems with identity or sense of self, inflexible and distorted behavioral patterns and traits that result in: Perceiving, thinking about, and relating to other people and the environment. 10. 6: what are the clinical features of borderline personality disorder and how is this disorder treated: characterized by: Relatively little research on treatments for most personality disorders: treatment: Form of behaviour therapy called dialectical behavioural therapy (dbt) beneficial for people with bpd. Dbt helps patients learn to manage their emotions & develop new coping skills. Other recently developed forms of therapy for bpd include transference-focused psychotherapy and mentalization-based treatment. Wide range of medications are also used sometimes. 10. 7: what are the of antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy: person with psychopathy shows elevated levels of 3 different dimensions of traits:
