Chapter 19 Flashcards
personality disorders are part of the ___ domain
adjustment
sometimes uniqueness celebrated goes too far - aspects of personality get extreme that they cause problems and cause problems for those around them, especially w _____ ____, refer to enduring patterns of experience and behaviour that deviate greatfly from norms and expectation of social, culture, and environment. emerge in how people think, feel get along w others, and control actions.
some profiles are considered so abnormal that they are linked to difficulties in lives, and what will become a pattern will be having this is related to ____ adjustment/outcomes in life
personality disorders, poor
personality disorder characteristics are displayed ____ situations and ____ consistent
across, are
disorder has ___ history in persons lives. ____ personality is defined by deviation from social, cultural and environmental norms/is seen as unacceptable
long, abnormal
building blocks of personality disorder relate to hiow people think of ____, ______(environment) and relate to a general sense of _____ in the world. symptoms can be seen as ____ because they manifest in traits, emotions and especially the self concept/how they view themselves
self, society, belonging, maladaptive
the _____ is important for examining symptoms of personality disorders
self/self concept
personality disorders as maladaptive variations or combos of normal personality traits and ____, centred around ____ (more or less) and _____ (when we explore traits/patterns of motives and thinking in how people relate to others - predictable or no? attachment issues r vulnerable)
____ processes can be distorted in personality disorders
many personality disorders include extreme variations in _____ experienced (anxiety or flatness)
most personality disorders include a distortion of the ____ ____
motives, power, intimacy, cognitive, emotion, self concept
for personality disorders, social relationships (sexua - think ____ disorderl/interpersonal behaviour - think ____ personality disorder - lack of empathy, perceiving ppl as means to end), frequently disturbed or involve maladaptive patterns. people cannot form relationships and as a result it is hard to function in the world and create support systems, friendships, connect.
histironic , antisocial
______ forms a building block of several personality disorders, especially clutster a. many studies (epidemiology, molecular genetics) indicate that all are pretty ________. genes have also been linked to ____ pathways, especially for sero and dopamine
biology, heritable, neurotransmitter
pattern of behaviour/experience that is distressing and painful to the person. leads to disability or impairment in important life domains. associated w increased risk for more suffering,isolation, loss of function death or confinement
psychological disorder
study of mental disorders, including thought disorders, emo disorders and personality disorders
abnormal psychology
most patterns of thinking/behaving that induce displeasure are not attributed onto the self (ie. narcissists won’t think anything is wrong w them when things go wrong, attribute it to others - experience denial).
egocentonic disorder
having been diagnosed with untreated psyc disorder - _____ longevity
reduces
statistical definition of___ is whatever is rare, not frequent and not stat normal. social definition is whatever is not tolerated by society or what is unacceptable. both tied to changing norms. why clinicians must examine sociocultural definitions of ones life and their story before making a diagnosis to lower the chance of a misdiagnosis.
when looking within people, we start to create a_____ definition - crieria of dam (disorganized thoughts, disruptive perceptions or unusual beliefs that do not match circumstances, ineffective coping). combining ___, and ____ definitions of abnormality = psychopathology consideration
abnormal, psychological, stat, social, psychological
study of mental disorders (not illness). dsm 5 is a widely accepted system for diagnosing a describing mental disorders. movements towards ____ view of personality because personality traits are examined via dimensions (some extraverted, .some introverted, sometimes both - a spectrum). instead disorders talk about _____ -its there or not, if not you dont have disorders
psychopathology. dimensional view, categories
t/f - the dam 5 is use din Europe
f - there s a different one in Europe
distinguish between normal personality traits and disorders in terms of extremity, rigidity and maladaptiveness. parallels w chemistry - a little of one trait, little of another, and amplification to high or low levels results in a disorder. not the dominant model in dsm 5 (which is categorical)
dimensional model of personality disorders
according to the ____, a personality disorder is an enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that differs greatly from expectations of ones culture. manifests in more than one of the following -
thoughts, feels, how one gets along w others and inability to control behaviour
must not be attributable to drug use, meds or another mental condition
all personality disorders involve impaired social relations
dsm-5
personality disorders can be _____ _____, where despite having disorder feel relatively normal
dont consider their thoughts, feels, beliefs and behaviours as problematic but as part of self. most likely to view others as problem. problem for treating effectively (ie. narcissism - challenged/obstacle - lash out and viewing other sources as the problem)
ego syntonic
4 ways clinicians can diagnose
clinical impression (what you see - affect, body language, content) - subjective
self reports
structured interviews (age, gender, culture are taken into account)
informants
t/f - all clinicians are comfy diagnosing disorders
f - many are not. they can and are trained and allowed, but many feel under qualified/want to use proper experience and specifics, knowledge, supervision and more. very reluctant to diagnose personality disorder
3 clusters of personality disorders:
cluster a - eccentric
cluster b - erratoc
cluster c - anxious
contains traits that make people ill at ease socially, appear or act in highly abnormal ways. most od oddness has to do w interactions w others. ie. no interest in others, uncomfy with others, suspicious of others. includes schizoid (isolation), schizotypal (discomfort w others), paranoid personalities
cluster a - eccentric
style of disorder is isolation, believes they need plenty of space cluster a. detachment from normal social relationships, little pleasure from life, inept appearance or socially clumsy, passive in face of unpleasant events, anxious in social relations and avoids people, appear different and dont conform
schizoid
