Personality Disorders

PERSONALITY DISORDERS
↳ cannot diagnose before IS

What are personality disorders ?
-more fixed , pattern of behaviors e
thoughts .

-
can be
triggered by events
- show upO least in adolescence.


Distress ?
-not
often personality disorders
in .

-distress related to
personality or comorbid disorder .
-
lack of insight
-not a
"presenting problem-
fraits
Personality vs . Disorder
traits Gamount of trait how
Everyone
-
has
,


disruptive , inpails
functioning.

ClustB: Cluster A : odde bizarre
emotional/ematic . -


paranoid , schizoid
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Histrionic Cluster C :
avoidant , dependent
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Narcissistic
- Antisocial
-
Borderline .




Histrionic Personality Disorders :




attention seeking
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.
to
pervasive -> appearance
get attention .
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sex e

, Functional Impairments
legal (ie Sexual harrassment
cases)
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issues .




-
trouble due to sexual behavior
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infidelity
relationship issues ,



-hard to maintain
relationships
interpersonal issues of attention-seeking
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Some may navigate life well !
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