PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dysthymia, Cirrhosis
12 Dec 2012
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Know what axes of the dsm will have for final. When we talk about personality disorders, try not to self diagnose. Long, standing, invasive/pervasive and inflexible patterns --> very difficult to treat, probably more so than axis 1 disorders. Have to do with the way we deal with life"s circumstances and challenges. Deviate from the expectations of a person"s culture. E. g. avoidant personality might be quite normal in some parts of the world. Age related decline as people get older - over time, tend to fizzle out. A lot of the acute symptoms will go away once the person gets older. E. g. borderline personalities with suicidal tendencies - these tendencies tend to fade. Ego dystonic - person may be unaware of the fact that they have a personality disorder. Reliability of different diagnostic disorders that dsm has. Easiest to recognize - highest inter rater reliability - narcissistic personality disorder and avoidant. Some diagnostic issues to be aware of :
