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| Psychodynamic View of Personality |
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| failure to meet developmental goals = unconscious conflict & defense mechanisms. pros: emphasizes development. cons: de-emphasizes temperament & difficult to test |
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| Trait view of Personality |
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| openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion, neuroticism. pros: intuitive & descriptive. cons: de-emphasize situations, make fundamental attribution error |
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| Biopsychosocial View of Personalit |
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| temperament x social learning = behavior/personality. pros: emphasizes context, predispositions & learning. cons: separating them |
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| Personality Disorders defined by... |
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| enduring, inflexible & pervasive pattern of behavior/experience which deviates from social norms & causes distress/impairment |
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| characterized by oddness, distrust or detachment.Include paranoid, schizoid (detached), schizotypal (IP deficits & odd beliefs). No positive schizo symptoms and PD exists before/after psychotic symptoms |
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| Includes: Avoidant PD- feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, social inhibition; dependent PD - fears of helplessness, Obsessive Compulsive PD - control & interfering perfectionism. |
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| Include: Histrionic PD - attention seeking, theatrical, emotional, superficial; Narcissistic - grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy; Borderline PD - affective instability, dissociative symptoms, self-destructive, unstable relationships/self-image; Antisocial PD - impulsivity & aggression, lack of remorse, lack of regard for safety/honor/decency. |
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| Chronic for Histrionic, may improve for rest |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder - Causes |
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| comorbid with Axis I disorders, high utilization of mental health services due to suicide attempts, caused by genetic vulnerability and/or parental abuse/neglect along with invalidating environment (poor feedback/disrupted sense of self/lack of coping & encouragement |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder - Traits |
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| difficult regulating affect, overwhelmed by stressors & emotions |
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| Borderline Personality Disorder - Treatments |
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| Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy: improve affect tolerance & develop coping skills. Psychodynamic therapy: help "splitting", integrate extreme positive & negative views of world. Meds: SSRIs, mood stabilizers, low anti-psychotics |
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| Antisocial personality disorder |
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| syndrome of mostly observable, atheoretical behaviors: irresponsibility, lack of empathy, superficial charm ... tx is difficult |
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| Cleckley's ABCDs: appears normal, behavior is antisocial, consistency lacking, deficits in personality (dont learn to avoid punishment but do avoid danger, low emotional reactivity). Causes: childhood trauma/stress/abuse/neglect, genetic vulnerability |
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