-       personality

o   distinct, enduring patterns

-       personality disorders (PD)

o   long-lasting, maladaptive

o   extension of “normal”

o   adolescence, early adulthood

o   problems with:

§     cognition

§     affectivity

§     interpersonal relationships

§     impulse control

o   diagnosis

§     life history

§     difficult

o   ego-syntonic

o   axis II disorder

 Cluster B

-       unpredictable, emotional

-       antisocial personality disorder (APD)

o   lack of regard

o   Ted Bundy

 

 

o   characteristics

§     Cleckley

·     aggressive

·     irresponsible

·     indifferent to others

§     Hare

·     Psychopathy Checklist

o   core personality traits

o   antisocial lifestyle

o   vs. adult antisocial behavior

o   criminal

§     40-75% meet APD criteria

o   prevalence

§     4.5% vs. .8%

o   prognosis

§     maturation hypothesis

o   theories

§     biological

·     frontal lobes

 

 

 

 

·     genetics

§     psychological

·     lack emotion

·     response modulation hypothesis

§     sociocultural

·     parental disharmony

·     child abuse

o   treatment

§     confrontational approach

-       borderline personality disorder (BPD)

o   characteristics

§     unstable relationships

·     “splitting”

·     anger, hostility, distress

§     abandonment issues

§     identity problems

§     cutting

·     parasuicide

o   75% female

 

 

o   theories

§     biological

·     hypersensitive nervous system

·     abnormal serotonin receptors

§     psychological

·     early trauma

o   93%

·     inconsistent parenting

·     way of thinking

o   treatment

§     develop healthy solutions

§     medication

-       histrionic personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     attention seeking behavior

§     excessive emotionality

§     seductive

§     speech style

o   theories

§     faulty beliefs

o   treatments

§     problem solving skills

-       narcissistic personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     grandiose thinking

§     devalue others

·     problems with empathy

§     overestimate self

§     sensitive to criticism

o   50-75% male

o   theories

§     parental relationship

§     faulty beliefs

o   treatment

§     work with others

Cluster A

-       odd, eccentric

-       paranoid personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     suspicious, distrustful

§     problematic relationships

§     males

o   theories

§     projection

§     mistaken assumptions

o   treatment

§     counter assumptions

§     interpersonal skills

-       schizoid personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     no relationships

§     limited emotion

o   theories

§     nutritional deficiencies

o   treatment

§     difficult, limited

-       schizotypal personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     odd, peculiar

§     communication

§     distrustful

§     self-reference

§     latent schizophrenia?

Cluster C

- anxious, fearful

 

 

 

-       avoidant personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     intimidated, fearful

§     vs. schizoid

o   theories

§     fear attachment

§     flawed beliefs

o   treatment

§     social skills

§     work on beliefs

-       dependent personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     clingy, needy

§     need to please

o   theories

§     insecure attachments

§     unassertive

o   treatment

§     independence

 

 

 

-       obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

o   characteristics

§     neatness, order

§     perfectionist

·     vs. doing a good job

o   theories

§     unrealistic expectations

§     faulty beliefs

o   treatment

§     thought-stopping