PSYC 3140 Chapter Notes -Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Personality Disorder, List Of James Bond Allies
13 Apr 2013
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Personality = all the ways we have of acting, thinking, believing, and feeling that make us all unique. A personality disorder is a long-stanging pattern of maladaptive behaviours, thoughts, and feelings. Can be diagnosed only if an individual has shown symptoms since childhood or adolescence. Personality disorders are on axis ii: clinical disorders = axis i, people with personality disorders can experience clinical syndromes from. People with personality disorders tend to not seek treatment until they experience an axis i syndrome (e. g. major depression). Three clusters of personality disorders: cluster a: odd/eccentric. Manipulative, volatile, impulsive, uncaring in social situations. Personality disorders are easiest to diagnose, yet the criteria for diagnosis is vague. Problems with dsm categories: many theorists don"t like the categorization of the dsm, first: dsm treats pds as categories; something substantially different from a normal pd. Clinicians must observe behaviour: fourth: pds are conceptualized as stable characteristics of an individual.
