PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Attention Seeking, Cerebral Cortex, Domestic Violence

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3140
• Professor: Stephen Fleming

Document Summary

Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts. Are inflexible and maladaptive, and cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress. Subjective stress due to the disorder isn"t always felt by the individual but instead it can be felt by others because of the actions of the person with the disorder. Many people who have personality disorders in addition to other psychological problems tend to do poorly in treatment. Data shows that people who are depressed have a worse outcome in treatment if they also have a personality disorder. Personality disorders are included on a separate axis, on axis ii, because as a group they are distinct. In the axis system, a patient can receive a diagnosis on only axis i, only axis ii, or on both axes.