Live Lecture: Personality Disorders
What is a personality disorder?
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 > 2 of the following areas:
- Cognition
- Affectivity
- Interpersonal functioning
- Impulse control
B. Inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations
C. Significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas if functioning
D. Stable and long duration, and early onset (at least adolescence)
E. Not better explained by another mental disorder
F. Not attributable to a substance or another medical condition
The three P’s are important:
- Persistent
- Pervasive
- Pathological
→ Personality traits are diagnosed as a personality disorder only when they are inflexible, maladaptive, and persisting and cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress.
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