CLP 3144 Lecture Notes - Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: CLP 3144
• Professor: Kim

Document Summary

A pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self- image, and marked impulsivity. Frantically work to avoid imagined or real abandonment. Show via a lot of anger when they feel abandoned. Self harming behaviors, making threats if you leave ill die , suicidal attempts or threats. I hate you don"t leave me - book that portrays borderline personality. All or nothing experience perfect or can do no right. Impulsivity in at least two areas that are self-damaging (riding a bike into traffic, binge eating, driving recklessly, gambling money you don"t have . Dramatic attempts to get attention from those whom they feel like they are abandoned by correlated with: Histrionic personality disorder: no push pull found in histrionic. Narcissistic personality disorder: does not have instable self image. Antisocial personality disorder: both are marked by manipulation, but reasons behind manipulation are different. Focus on dialectics: extremes, black and white thinking, teaching grey area, justifying willingness to change.