PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Differential Diagnosis, Pathological Jealousy, Paranoid Personality Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

Document Summary

Antisocial personality disorder: if a child exhibits no signs of conduct problems by age 16 it is unlikely that they will develop this disorder. Histrionic personality disorder involves excessive attention seeking and emotionality; sexually provactiveness, shallow opinions, strong emotions in public, suggestible, easily swayed, desperate need for attention. Avoidant personality disorder: feeling of inadequacy, sensitive to criticism, anxiety about rejection from others, restricting of activities, low self esteem. Obsessive-compulsive personality: holds high standards for themselves, preoccupied with order and being perfect, devotion to work at the expense of leisure and friendships, inflexibility, stubbornness, hoarding of money and resources, prevalence of personality disorders. Prevalence is a term that refers to the total number of cases that are present within a given population during a particular period of time. Ocpd is the most common at 4% Histrionic, dependent and schizotypal are at 2% for each.