PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Histrionic Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder
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Medical model: sees psychological conditions through the same lens a. Western medicine tends to see physical conditions----as sets of symptoms, causes, and outcomes, with treatments aimed at changing physiological processes in order to alleviate symptoms. Whether it causes distress to oneself or others, impairs day-to-day functioning, or increases the risk of injury or harm to oneself or others. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm): a standardized manual to aid in the diagnosis of disorders. Mental disorder defense: claims that the defendant was in such an extreme, abnormal state of mind when committing the crime that he or she could not discern that the actions were legally or morally wrong. Personality disorders: particularly unusual patterns of behavior (relative to one"s cultural context) that are maladaptive, distressing to oneself or others, and resistant drugs. Borderline personality disorder (bpd): characterized by intense extremes between positive and negative emotions, an unstable sense of self, impulsivity, and difficult social relationships.