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Personality Disorders
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Introduction to Personality Disorders
The 10 personaly disorders mentioned in the DSM-S involve pervasive
_and enduring netzonalty styles that der trom cutural expectations anc
‘cause cistress andlor confit with others.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Diferentiate among mocd cisorders and the three clusters of
personality eisorders itentife in the DMS
KEY TAKEAWAYS,
+ Accorcing tothe DSW-5, personaly disorders are
characterized by peters of cognition, behavior, and
‘emotion that fe from cultural nerms, 2} cause
stress and impairment} apply across many contexts
‘nd over # long period of time, and f) cannot be beter
‘exalained by another mental izorder or by 8 prysical or
‘mecieal condition.
+ The DSM.S includes 10 ctterent personality esorders,
grouped into
ree clusters basec on conmion features
+ Cluster A Pode and eecenivic) includes parancie
personaly elsorde, schizoid personaly csorcer, and
schizotypal personality disorder.
+ Cluster 8 reramatc, emotional, or erratic) includes
antisocial personally eserder ordetine persendtty
sore, histionic personaly disorder, and naressistie
personality cisorder.
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+ Cluster € Canious of feart includes avoidant
Personality eisorde, dependent personality eisorde,
and absessive-compulsve personally ésorder
Monagement and treatment of personaly eisorders ean
bbe a challenging and controversial area since symptoms
are long-neting and affect multiple areas of functioning;
supstantial seca sigma may also be a barrier to
receiving weatment
Key Terms
+ stigma: The ee approval anc judgment ata person oF
‘109 of people because they do not ft their
ege-syntonie:A psychological tem refeting to
behaviors, values, and feelings that align with an
sonality disorder: A state i whieh an inevigual
splays patterns of cognition, behavior, and emotion
‘that fer ftom eutural norms, cause estress and
Impairment, apply across many contexts, and have been
extibted over 2 long curation of tine.
+ personaly: The set of nung benavoral and mental
vats that distinguish an individual Hom other people
Defining Personality Disorders
Inthe fel of peychology, “personaly” refers to the set of enduring
Behavioral ane mental tats that istnguish an inevidual rom other
people. According to the DSMS, “personaly csorcer” refers to when
an indivcual displays 2 personalty style (Le, pattems of cognition
Behavior ane emotion) that
4Leifers signieanty rom the norms and expectations a hel culture
in two or more ofthe following areas: cognition, ae,
interpersonal functioning, or impulse conto
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