Lecture 7 - THE BIOMEDICAL APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH

Question 1

What is* a personality disorder?

Answer 1

an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment.

Question 2

Describe personality disorder sub-categories?

Answer 2

12 in total:

• 10 specific to psychiatry clusters
• 1 as a direct physiological effect of medical condition (frontal lobe lesion)
• 1 “other”
  where the person meets PD criteria but this PD is not in the DSM-5 (e.g., passive-aggressive PD)

Question 3

Describe personality disorder Cluster A:

Answer 3

Cluster A(Odd, bizarre, eccentric)
Paranoid PD
Schizoid PD
Schizotypal PD

Question 4

Describe personality disorder Cluster B:

Answer 4

Cluster B(Dramatic, erratic)
Antisocial PD
Borderline PD
Histrionic PD
Narcissistic PD

Question 5

Describe personality disorder Cluster C:

Answer 5

Cluster C(Anxious, fearful)
Avoidant PD
Dependent PD
Obsessive-compulsive PD

Question 6

What are General Personality Disorder Criteria A:

Answer 6

Criteria A.
An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture. This pattern is manifested in two (or more) of the following areas:
- Cognition (i.e., ways of perceiving and interpreting self, other people, and events).
- Affectivity (i.e., the range, intensity, lability, and appropriateness of emotional response).
- Interpersonal functioning.
- Impulse control.

Question 7

What are General Personality Disorder Criteria B:

Answer 7

Criteria B.

The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.

Question 8

What are General Personality Disorder Criteria C:

Answer 8

Criteria C.
The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 

Question 9

What are General Personality Disorder Criteria D:

Answer 9

Criteria D.

The pattern is stable and of long duration, and Its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood.

Question 10

What are General Personality Disorder Criteria E:

Answer 10

Criteria E.

The enduring pattern is not better explained as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder.

Question 11

What are General Personality Disorder Criteria F:

Answer 11

Criteria F.
The enduring pattern is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another medical condition (e.g., head trauma).