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Personality Disorders
Lecture 16
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Graduate
04/12/2011

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axis II diseases (2)
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personality disorders, mental retardation
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temperament vs. character vs. personality
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temperament is who you were born as
character is who you become
personality is how you cope
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diagnostic criteria for personality disorder
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behavior is incongruent with societal or cultural expectations, lasts a long time, does not change, and causes distress
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the weird (3)
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paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
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the wild (4)
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borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial
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the wimpy (3)
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dependent, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive
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treated with dialetic behavior therapy
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borderline
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prodrome to schizophrenia
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schizoid
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hx of abuse or neglect in childhood are risk factors for...
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avoidant, narcissistic
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unstable affect, relationships, impulse control, self-image; self destructive; dx?
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borderline
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pt is non compliant but sues you for malpractice; dx?
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borderline
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blustery facade masks feelings of little self worth; dx?
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narcissistic
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life guided by fear of criticism or rejection; dx?
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avoidant
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difficulties of treating personality disorders
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early onset, disease is integral to identity
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