ppd 7 Flashcards
personality disorders
- Characterized by rigid, inflexible thoughts, feelings, actions and impulse regulation.
- Originates in early development
- Present since late adolescence/early adulthood
- Dysfunctional - Sometimes only experienced by others
- Part of our character/who we are - egosyntone
egosyntone
Consistent with self-image, aligns with goals, values and self-view. Seen as ”normal”, cannot imagine otherwise
egodystone
Not consistent with self-image or part of the self. Causes conflict and distress
what are normal personality and traits
- habitual ways of thinking, feeling and acting
- consistent across sitiuations
- mostly stable across time
which 2 big 5 traits decrease as ppl age
extraversion and openness
-* conscientiousness also but less*
why does our personality change as we age
- biological matturation
- envioronmental influences
- increased responsibility
- corrective experiences like feedback from the envioronment (conditioning)
how to distinguish PDs from other pathologies
PDs are
- presistent
- pervasive
- problematic
prevalence of min 1 PD
general population 9 - 13%
out patient - 30 - 50%
inpatient care - 50 - 70 %
higghest in prison samples
what is the life expectancy of PD
18 years shorter than average
higherst risk before 44
childhood taruma
emotioanl abuse is an importaint predictor
specific corelations
BPD - corelated with sexual, physical abuse and emotioanl neglect
antisocial is correlated with physical abuse
cluster c is corelated with emotional abuse
is pharmacotherapy useful for treatmnet of PDs
NO
treatment of OCPD
no widely accepted empiricaly based treatment
T/F
OCPD is one of the most prevalent PDs
OCPD is one os the most impairing PDs
its more common in men
there is a significant overlap between OCD, OCPD and HD
T
F
F
T - perfectionism
according to freud the obbsesive personality type is stuck in which phase
anal
OCPD is related to high or low parental care and higl or low parental overprotection
low care high overprotection