PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Disconnection, Etiology, Physical Abuse
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Avoidant personality: a disorder in which individuals have poor self-esteem and thus are extremely sensitive to potential rejection and remain aloof even though they very much desire affiliation and affection. Borderline personality: a disorder in which people are impulsive and unpredictable, with an uncertain self-image, intense and unstable social relationships, and extreme mood swings. Dependent personality: a disorder in which people lack self-confidence and passively allow others to run their lives and make no demands on them as so not to endanger these protective relationships. Dialectical behaviour therapy: a therapeutic approach to borderline personality disorder that combines client-centered empathy and acceptance with behavioural problem solving, social skill training and limit setting. General personality disorder: a new dsm-5 category that reflects establishing whether a personality disorder first exists in general and then evaluating whether that criteria of a specific personality can also be applied.
