PSYC 464 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Psychopathology, Conscientiousness, Philippe Pinel
10 Apr 2018
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They manifest in social interactions with other people. Because they are stable, they are difficult to change. 4/12/18: to make psychological diagnosis more objective, to give the psychiatrist/psychologist something to write on the insurance billing form. Ego-syntonic people with ego disorders do not think anything is wrong. Opposite from ego-dystonic (people want to be cured) Have 5 general characteristics: unusual, tend to cause problems for the person or others, affect social relations, stable over time, may be seen as a normal part of who someone is. Personality disorders = configurations of traits considered socially undesirable . Manie sans delire = madness without distortion of reality. Succeeding editions of the dsm have two purposes: Cluster a disorders = characterized by odd or eccentric patterns of thinking. Cluster b disorders = characterized by impulsive or erratic patterns of behavior. Schizotypal personality disorder = extreme pattern of odd beliefs and behaviors and of difficulties relating to others.
