Ch11 Concepts: Personality Disorders

General characteristics and statistics (e.g., onset) for personality disorders as a whole?

How do the “dimensional” vs. “category” models view personality disorders differently?

1. Categorical (CAT): some personality types are problems

2. Dimensional (DIM): extreme variations in personality are problems

3. Future considerations: first diagnose if a personality disorder is present, then rate “level of problem traits (psychoticism, emotional detachment, antagonism)

What are the key findings from Ford and Widiger’s clinical diagnosis study on personality disorders?

What specific behaviors are associated with personality disorders in Cluster A?

What specific behaviors are associated with personality disorders in Cluster B?

What specific behaviors are associated with personality disorders in Cluster C?

What are the “main beliefs” associated with each of the specific personality disorders?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Paranoid PD (A)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Schizoid PD (A)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Schizotypal PD (A)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Antisocial PD (B)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Borderline personality disorder (B)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Histrionic personality disorder (B)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Narcissistic personality disorder (B)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Avoidant PD (C)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Dependent PD (C)?

What are the specific symptoms, causes, and treatments of Obsessive compulsive personality (C)?

What psychotic-like symptoms differentiate the different Cluster A personality disorders?

1. Positive symptoms: unusual or odd thinking and behaviors (ideas of reference, magical thinking, perceptual distortions)

                                                   i.     Paranoid and Schizotypal PD: yes

                                                 ii.     Schizoid PD: no

2. Negative symptoms: lack of normal thinking and behaviors (social isolation, poor rapport, constricted affect)

                                                   i.     Paranoid and schizoid PD: yes

                                                 ii.     Schizotypal PD: no

What are the reported sex differences in the reported rates of the 10 personality disorders?

What are the major differences between the Hare checklist and DSM systems for identifying psychopathy/sociopathy, antisocial personality disorder, and conduct disorders?