PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture : Psychotherapy 2 .docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1XX3
• Professor: Joe Kim

Document Summary

Dissociative disorders symptoms that distance the individual from anxiety producing events or memories. several subtypes dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder: manifests distinct personalities or alters at any time these alters dominates, taking charge of the persons behavior the person does not know about the existence of these alters alternative identities can be of different ages, sexes, races, intelligence, etc. alternative personalities can have different allergies and reactions to drugs, and different interests, alters are created in response to a traumatic incident (sexual abuse, alters shield the main personality from trauma, alternate personalities can be created with traumatic events, personalities can be implanted by suggestion (from a therapist, etc. , more prevalent in females. Borderline personality disorder unstable and highly changeable emotions and behavior frequent mood changes irritable impulsive sarcastic easily angered unpredictable unstable view of themselves and are often insecure demand lots of attention, and do not like to be left alone gambling, indiscriminate sexual activity, and spending sprees.