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TOPIC 9PERSONALITY
DISORDERS
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
- According to DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a personality disorder the person’s enduring pattern of behavior must be pervasive an inflexible as well as stable and of long duration
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DIFFICULTIES DOING RESEARCH ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS Difficulties in diagnosing Personality
Disorders1st problem- the diagnostics criteria for
personality are not as sharply defined as for most Axis I diagnostics categories
2nd problem- the diagnostic categories are not mutually exclusive: people often show characteristics of more then one personality disorder.
The five factor model is used to help understand the commonalities and distinctions between the different personality disorders.
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DIFFICULTIES DOING RESEARCH ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS Difficulties in Studying the Causes of
Personality Disorders.
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CATEGORIES OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS Cluster A: Paranoid, schizoid and
schizotypical personality disorders Cluster B: Histrionic, narcissistic,
antisocial and borderline personality disorders
Cluster C: Avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder