PSYCH 270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Cluster B Personality Disorders, Personality Disorder, Reward System
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Pervade every aspect of a person"s life. Personality disorder: an enduring maladaptive pattern for relating to the environment and self, exhibited in a range of contexts that cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress. They might not feel distress but others do. Problems of people with personality disorders may just be extreme versions of problems many of us experience. Distinction between degree of problem is in dimensions instead of categories. Whether personality disorders are extreme versions of otherwise typical personality variations (dimensions) or ways of relating that are different from psychologically healthy behavior (categories) Some argue that personality disorders are not things that exist but points at which society decides a particular way of relating to the world has become a problem. Cluster b- dramatic, emotional, or erratic cluster. Originate in childhood and continue into adult years. May be replaced by other personality disorders. Many individuals do not seek treatment in early phases of their disorder.
