PY 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Psychogenic Amnesia
Dissociative Disorders
• Some of a person's thoughts, feelings, perceptions, memories or behaviors are separated from
conscious awareness and control, in a way that is not explainable as mere forgetfulness
• The disruptions in awareness, memory, and identity are extreme and/or frequent, and they cause
distress or impair the person's functioning
o Dissociative amnesia - at least one episodes of suddenly forgetting some important personal
information
o Dissociative fugue - goes on a journey, during which he or she cannot recall personal history
prior to the journey
o Dissociative identity disorder - alternates among two or more distinct personality states,
one of which interacts with other people at any one time
• Multiple personality disorder
o Depersonalization disorder - recurring or persistent feeling of being cut off or detached from
his or her body or mental processes
Personality Disorders
• Enduring, rigid set of personality traits that deviates from cultural norms, impairs functioning and
causes distress
• In a personality disorder
o The pattern causes significant distress or impairment
o Has been present since adolescence or young adulthood
o Affects nearly all personal and social situations
o Affects at least two of affect, cognition, impulse control, and or interpersonal functioning
• There are three clusters:
o Cluster A - paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal
• Traits: irrational, withdrawn, cold and suspicious
o Cluster B - antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic
• Traits: emotional, dramatic, attention-seeking and intense
o Cluster C - avoidant, dependent and obsessive compulsive
• Traits: tense, anxious, over-controlled
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Paranoid
personality
disorder
Mistrusts and misinterprets other's motives and
actions without sufficient cause, suspecting them of
deceiving, harming, betraying or attacking
Guarded, tense and
self-sufficient
Schizoid PD
Longer with little interest or involvement in close
relationships
Detached or cold
Schizotypal PD
Constricted or inappropriate affect, magical or
paranoid thinking, odd beliefs, speech, behavior,
appearance and perceptions
No confidants, develop
into schizophrenia
Antisocial PD
History of serious behavior problems beginning as a
young teen, significant aggression, deliberate
property destruction, lying or theft, rule violation
Dishonest, impulsive,
physical aggression
Borderline PD
Enduring or recurrent instability in his or her impulse
control, and image of self and others. Unstable
Impulsive, reckless
behavior, mood swings,
anger
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Document Summary
Personality disorders: enduring, rigid set of personality traits that deviates from cultural norms, impairs functioning and causes distress. Mistrusts and misinterprets other"s motives and actions without sufficient cause, suspecting them of deceiving, harming, betraying or attacking. Longer with little interest or involvement in close relationships. Schizotypal pd constricted or inappropriate affect, magical or paranoid thinking, odd beliefs, speech, behavior, appearance and perceptions. History of serious behavior problems beginning as a young teen, significant aggression, deliberate property destruction, lying or theft, rule violation. Enduring or recurrent instability in his or her impulse control, and image of self and others. Impulsive, reckless behavior, mood swings, anger relationships, feeling empty. Strongly desires to be the center of attention, and often seeks to attract attention through personal appearance and seductive behavior. Narcissistic pd grandiosely self-important, with fantasies of beauty, brilliance and power. Inadequate, inferior, and undesirable and is preoccupied with fears of criticism.
