Personality Disorders (550038-B-6)

This summary provides an in-depth overview about the personality disorders discussed in the lectures and the mandatory textbook. All the symptoms and epidemiological factors are explained thoroughly. Moreover, the etiology and risk factors that can lead to the emergence of the disorders are presented. The summary of the chapters are compact and include the most important information. Cognitive, Behavioral and psychodynamic underlying mechanisms are included with useful tables. Studying this summ...

This is an extensive summary for the 2nd year course Personality Disorders (BSc Psychology at TiU) based on the book "The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders" by Widiger.

This is an example of the writing assignment for Personality Disorders. This assignment got me a very good grade, so it can be an useful template for writing your own.

In-depth summary of the book "The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders", integrated with notes from the lectures.

This document contains is a summary of the lecture slides provided by the university. Additionally, notes taken myself during the lectures and practicals were added. It contains several figures and overviews, to be able to get a better understanding of this complex field.

This document contains the description of the characteristics of each personality disorder (gender, age, symptoms, traits, beliefs, comorbidity, brain abnormalities, etc.), in combination with a table concerning the prevalence, age, gender, social class, etc. of every disorder. (self-study assignment on chapter 9). In this document, each personality disorder has a specific color (found in both the description and the table), to help you memorize facts and figures in a more efficient way.

Summary of Lecture 2-10 supplemented with the book: The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders