Psychology 2310A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Mental Disorder, Attention Seeking, Psychopathology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2310A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

Document Summary

Dsm-iv-tr definition; personality traits are enduring paterns of perceiving, relating to, and. Personality disorders: patterns of highly maladaptive personality traits thinking about environment and oneself that are exhibited in wide range of social and personal contexts . Common feature of ppl with pds; personality is rigid/inflexible than most, highly inapprop beh. Dsm-iv-tr 3 clusters: cluster a odd and eccentric paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal, cluster b dramatic, emotional, erractic anti-social, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, cluster c anxious and fearful avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive. Dsm-5: suggested pdnos moved to personality disorder trait specified to account for disorders being removed (pdnos) Personality disorders can disrupt alliance between therapist and client. Wrong diagnosis could lead to wrong treatment plan and/or wrong meds. Generally, prevalence higher among inpatient psychiatric patients than outpatients. Personality disorders distinct from other forms of psychopathology and appear on axis ii not. Egosyntonic: they do not view their behaviour as problematic. More diagnostic problems than axis i disorders.