Lecture 2

Question 1

History

Answer 1

Common: personality is stable and long lasting

Mania sans delire

Ribot; 3 primary types, devided into subtypes (normal & abnormal)

Heymans Cube

Kraeplin PD types (deviation from normality)

Cattell; dimensions

Question 2

Personality disorders

Answer 2

Rigid inflexible thoughts, feelings, actions and impulse regulation

Originates in early development, present in early adulthood

Dysfunctional (to them or surrounding)

Question 3

Other PD categories

Answer 3

due to other medical condition (eg stroke)

Other specified PD (OSPD). Is most diagnosed, not 1 full but symptoms of many w distress

Unspecified

Question 4

Dimensional vs Categorical

Answer 4

DSM is categorical yet most are dimensional. The cut-off point is arbitrary. Only for schizotypy, autism and SUD categorical fits well

Dimensional is very difficult which is why we use categorical

Question 5

Monothetic vs. polythetic

Answer 5

Monothetic; members must meet same properties of criteria (not realistic, what defines a chair)

Polythetic: Meeting minimal number of criteria. Developed by Wittgenstein (used in DSM)

Question 6

Risk intergenerational transmission

Answer 6

Childhood trauma (mostly emotional abuse) is severe in PD. Insecure attachment and distrust of others. Approach-avoidance, bad emotion regulation, coping, negative self-view etc.

Question 7

Types of problematic behaviour

Answer 7

The higher the more influence. Strong mediator for offspring developing PD.