PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Histrionic Personality Disorder

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Dwayne Pare

Document Summary

Asylums, residential facilities for the mentally ill, were set up across europe, with the general goal of curing the patients" bodily afflictions that gave rise to their symptoms. The medical model sees psychological conditions through the same lens as 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. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm), a standard- ized manual to aid in the diagnosis of disorders; the etiology (origins or causes) of symptoms. Borderline personality disorder (bpd) is character- ized by intense extremes between positive and negative emotions, an unstable sense of self, impulsivity, and di cult social relationships. Narcissistic personality disorder (npd) is characterized by an in ated sense of self- importance and an excessive need for attention and admiration, as well as intense self- doubt and fear of abandonment.