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| Patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior beyond the normal range of psychological variation. |
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| Diagnostic and statistical manual (DSM) |
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| Published by the American Psychiatric Association, includes a list and description of what are seen as the major disorders of personality; used by insurance companies for billing purposes. |
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| Most recent version of the DSM. |
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| Five general characteristics of PDs |
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| Unusually Extreme, Problematic, Social consequences, Stable, and Ego-syntonic |
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| Unusually extreme and Problematic |
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| Displaying a personality attribute that is BOTH extreme and unusual; must cause major problems for the person OR for others. |
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| Personality disorders require other people to interact with. |
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| Personality disorders are prevalent for extended periods of the person's life. |
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| Meaning, people don't think that there is anything wrong with them (i.e. narcissism) |
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| Ego dystonic conditions of PDs |
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| Conditions where people know and want to be cured of them. |
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Central Features:
Strange Beliefs; Discomfort with others
Neuroticism:
High Anxiousness, Self-consciousness
Extraversion:
Low Warmth, Gregariousness,
Positive emotionality
Openness: High Openness to Ideas
Agreeableness: Low Trust
Conscientiousness: Low Order |
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Central feature:
Dramatic attention seeking
N: Low Self-consciousness,
High Impulsivity
E: High Gregariousness, Activity,
Excitement seeking,
Positive emotionality
O: High Openness to Fantasy,
Actions, Feelings
A: High Trust
C: Low Self-Discipline, Deliberation |
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Central Features:
Instability in relationships, identity, emotions, and behavior
N: High on all (Anxiousness, Angry Hostility,
Depressiveness, Self-consciousness, Impulsivity,
Vulnerability)
O: High Openness to Feelings and Actions
A: Low Trust and Compliance
C: Low Deliberation |
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Central Features:
Social inhibition, Feelings of Inadequacy, Sensitivity
N: High Anxiousness, Self-consciousness,
Vulnerability
E: Low Gregariousness, Assertiveness,
Excitement seeking
A: High Modesty |
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Central Feature:
Excessive need to be taken care of
N: High Anxiousness, Self-consciousness,
Vulnerability (same as Avoidant)
E: High Warmth, Low Assertiveness
A: High Trust, Compliance, Modesty
C: Low Competence |
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Central Features:
Preoccupation with control
N: High Anxiousness, Low Impulsivity
E: Low Excitement seeking
O: Low Openness to Feelings, Actions,
Ideas, and Values
C: High on all facets (Competence, Order,
Dutifulness, Achievement striving, Self-discipline, Deliberation) |
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Cluster A of PDs
Characterized by odd/eccentric patterns of behavior |
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| Schizotypal Schizoid Paranoid |
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Cluster B of PDs
Characterized by Impulsive and Erratic Behavior |
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| Histrionic Narcissistic Antisocial Borderline |
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Cluster C of PDs
Comprised of disorders characterized by avoidant and anxious emotional styles. |
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| Dependent Avoidant Obsessive-compulsive |
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Clinical impression
Self-report scales
Structured interviews
Informant report |
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| Basis of diagnosis where the person sees a clinician. |
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| S-Data surveys; MMPI, MCMI-II, and PDQ-R for example. |
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| Often described as a hybrid between Clinical impressions and Self-report scales; the clinician uses pre-determined questions to diagnose. |
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| Using I-data, or asking those closely associated with the person. |
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| Four major concerns with disorders |
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Pathologizing
Lack of concern for mental health
Labeling and stigma
Blurry distinction between normal and abnormal |
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| Generalizing that all "bad people" have PDs |
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| Lack of concern for mental health |
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| No matter how many PDs are "diagnosed", that does not state whether or not someone is mentally healthy; more attempts to diagnose and cure, than defining what an "ideal" state of mind is. |
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| The fine line between making a positive diagnosis and branding someone a negative connotation. Labels are necessary, but must be carefully used. |
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| Distinction between Normal and Abnormal |
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| The fine line that goes from being slightly different, to having a personality disorder, often blurry to most psychologists/psychiatrists. |
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Central Features:
Detachment from social relationships
Low emotional expressivity
Extraversion:
Low warmth, gregariousness,
activity, excitement seeking,
positive emotionality
Openness:
Low openness to feelings and actions |
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Central Features:
Grandiosity, Need for Admiration, Lack of Empathy
N: High Angry Hostility, Low Self-consciousness
E: Low Warmth, High Assertiveness,
Excitement seeking
O: Low Openness to Feelings, High to Actions
A: Low across the board
(Trust, Straightforwardness, Altruism,
Compliance, Modesty, Tendermindedness) |
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Central Features:
Disregard for rights; Impulsivity
N: Low Anxiousness, Self-consciousness,
Vulnerability
High Angry Hostility, Impulsivity
E: High Gregariousness, Assertiveness,
Activity, Excitement seeking
O: High Openness to Actions
A: Low everything (Trust, Straightforwardness, Altruism, Compliance, Modest, Tendermindedness)
C: Low Dutifulness, Self-Discipline, Deliberation |
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Central Features:
Suspicion; Quick to react to perceived threats with anger
N: High Angry Hostility
E: Low Warmth;
Low Gregariousness
O: Low Openness to Actions, Values
A: Low Trust, Straightforwardness,
Compliance, Tender-mindedness |
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