L33 Psych 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Egosyntonic And Egodystonic, Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion
9 May 2019
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Pd: why care about pds, cause significant impairment, they are often a risk factor for other mental disorders, often precede other disorders (ex. Depression: treatment implications having a comorbid pd makes other disorders harder to treat, history: pds were part of dsm-4 axis 2. It was assumed that pds had a different etiology than axis 1 disorders this isn"t always true: several factors are general risks for all mental disorders. It was assumed that pds are more stable and more resistant to treatment than. Important for people who are sub-threshold: flexible, resolution of a variety of classification dilemmas, ex. Inability/lack of desire: little expression of emotion, schizotypal: Impaired social relationships: peculiar thought patterns, odd perception and speech, all of these are more common in men than women, must be cognizant of the person"s everyday life in order to diagnose, ex.
