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TOPIC 9 PERSONALITY DISORDERS

TOPIC 9 PERSONALITY DISORDERS. PERSONALITY Disorders. - According to DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a personality disorder the person’s enduring pattern of behavior must be pervasive an inflexible as well as stable and of long duration.

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TOPIC 9 PERSONALITY DISORDERS

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  1. TOPIC 9 PERSONALITY DISORDERS

  2. PERSONALITY Disorders - According to DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a personality disorder the person’s enduring pattern of behavior must be pervasive an inflexible as well as stable and of long duration

  3. DIFFICULTIES DOING RESEARCH ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS • Difficulties in diagnosing Personality Disorders • 1st problem- the diagnostics criteria for personality are not as sharply defined as for most Axis I diagnostics categories • 2nd problem- the diagnostic categories are not mutually exclusive: people often show characteristics of more then one personality disorder. • The five factor model is used to help understand the commonalities and distinctions between the different personality disorders.

  4. DIFFICULTIES DOING RESEARCH ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS • Difficulties in Studying the Causes of Personality Disorders.

  5. CATEGORIES OF PERSONALITY Disorders • Cluster A: Paranoid, schizoid and schizotypical personality disorders • Cluster B: Histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial and borderline personality disorders • Cluster C: Avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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