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PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• Personality Disorders derive from a personality pattern of long standing that seriously impair an individual's ability to function in social or work settings
• The DSM IV classifies 10 types of personality disorders
CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• Chronic history of the following:
• Poor judgement
• Disordered thinking
• Emotional disturbances
• Disrupted social relationships
• Lack of impulse control
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• Eccentric Personality Disorders
• Paranoid - unwanted suspicion of others (mistrust)
• Schizoid - lack of interest in people or relationships
• Schizotypal - symptoms of schizophrenia but not severe enough to be classified as psychotic
ANXIOUS PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• Avoidant - hypersensitive to social rejection
• Dependent - excessive reliance on others, reluctant to make decisions on their own
• Obsessive-compulsive- rigid need for perfection, order, control, preoccupied with details
NARCISSISTICPERSONALITY DISORDER
• Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance (grandiose)
• Have the need for constant attention
• Want everyone's admiration
• Preoccupied with fantasies of success or power
• React in appropriately to criticism
• Do not deal well with setbacks or failure (often overreact)
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY
DISORDER• Have problems with interpersonal relationships
• Feel they are entitled to favors (people are obligated to them)
• Exploit others for their own purposes
• Have no empathy or understanding of the feelings of others
ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY
DISORDER
• Marked by a long pattern of irresponsible or harmful behavior
• Behavior indicates a lack of conscience (no guilt)
• Do not feel they have a responsibility to others (only their own satisfaction is of importance)
ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY
DISORDER
• Chronic lying, stealing, and fighting are common behaviors for those diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder
• Do not feel shame, guilt, anxiety or other intense emotions
• People with anti-social personality disorders are able to keep their cool in situations where others would become upset
• If this develops into a criminal pattern they are labeled as psychopaths or sociopaths
• This disorder is not limited to " criminals" but is also found in those who put career, money, or power above everything or everyone
• 2%-3% of the population in the United States may have this disorder
• Men are four times more likely to be diagnosed with this disorder
ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY
DISORDER• People with this disorder have intense, unstable emotions
• They will also develop distorted images of themselves
• Need for attention, will act dramatically or inappropriately to get attention (behavior will seem insincere)
• Their self-esteem depends on the approval of others
• Have shallow social relationships
HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
• In order to be the center of attention they may:
• Be overly flirtatious / dress provocatively / inappropriately be seductive
• Overly concerned with appearance
• Be gullible or influenced by others
• Not thinking before acting or make rash decisions
• In order to gain attention may threaten suicide
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
• Mains signs include:
• Instability
• Impulsiveness
• Unpredictable moods
• Troubled interpersonal relationships
• Are often abusive or are abused in relationships
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER
• People who have borderline personality disorder have little tolerance for frustration
• Their impulsivity may lead to:
• Substance abuse
• Gambling
• Promiscuity
• Binge eating
• Reckless driving
• Self-mutilation
• Suicide attempts
CAUSES FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS
• The cause for these disorders is not known
• Believe it is the result of both learned and inherited factors
• There is a tendency for these disorders to run in a family, is the result of a genetic predisposition or a learned behavior as a child imitates the behavior of those in their surroundings