PSY 223 Lecture Notes - Paul Bernardo, Dsm-5, Dystonia
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What are personality disorders: all of us have particular styles of behaviour and ways of relating to others. Some of us are shy; others more social. What are personality disorders: types of abnormal behaviour patterns involving excessively rigid patterns of behaviour or ways of relating to others that ultimately become self-defeating because their rigidity prevents adjustment to external demands. Ego syntonic: behaviour or feelings that are perceived as natural or compatible parts of the self. (personality disorders) Ego dystonic: behaviour or feelings that are perceived to be foreign or alien to one s self-identity. (anxiety and mood disorders) Previously, pd s were grouped in clusters: cluster a: odd or eccentric disorders (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, cluster b: dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders (antisocial, narcissistic, borderline, Histrionic: cluster c: anxious or fearful disorders (avoidant, In the dsm-v all of this has been revamped. Currently, the following pds are still being listed:
