Lecturer Psychiatry- Mansoura Faculty of medicine By D. Ibtihal M.A. Ibrahim Lecturer Psychiatry- Mansoura Faculty of medicine

Definition The word "personality" originates from the Latin persona, which means mask. It is the characteristically recurring pattern of the individual’s behavior, including both his subjective experience and his outward manifest activities.

Characteristics of personality Unique and specific. Dynamic and moving force Combination of inner and outer qualities

Personality structure

Psychoanalytic approach Topographic model of personality

Psychoanalytic Portrait of human nature: Human behavior is determined by forces beyond our control unconscious status of our motivations and thus he deprived us from rationality. sexual and aggressive nature of those motivations human nature is basically evil. Psychoanalytic Portrait of human nature: Ibtihal M.A.Ibrahim

Jung personality structure

Behaviorist view of Personality Skinner He claimed that our behavior is initiated, maintained & changed by environmental factors. Our complex human behavior are shaped through successive reinforcement. Personality is simply a collection of operant behaviors Banadura Learning can occur by observation and modeling i.e. we observe other people behavior and model our behavior on it

Behaviorist Portrait of human nature Behaviorist approach to personality is determinism People are not inherently good or evil but are readily modified by events and situations in their enviroment The human personality is highly modifiable We are shaped primarily by forces beyond our control. Behaviorist Portrait of human nature Ibtihal M.A.Ibrahim

Humanistic Portrait of human nature individual has an innate tendency to move towards growth, maturity and positive change basic force motivating the human organism is the actualizing tendency people are responsible for their lives and actions and have the freedom and will to change their attitudes and behavior. people are essentially good. Personality is learned through obstacles we face and overcome. Humanistic Portrait of human nature Ibtihal M.A.Ibrahim

Personality Assessment Classic method. Interview method Gathering all available information from infancy, childhood, adolescence to maturity. Case study method In psychoanalysis to reveal deeper parts of personality. Free association and dream interpretation Rating scales Questionnaire Projective techniques Objective methods

Definition of personality disorder (DSM-IV-TR): behavior is ego-syntonic Enduring subjective experiences and behavior deviate from cultural standards onset in adolescence or early adulthood. stable through time rigidly pervasive lead to unhappiness and impairment. Ibtihal M.A.Ibrahim

Classification of Personality Disorders: ICD 10 No clusters. Paranoid. Schizoid. Dissocial. Emotionally unstable Impulsive. Borderline. Histerionic. Anxious ( avoidant). Dependent. Anankastic (obsessive compulsive). DSM IV Personality disorders are grouped into 3 clusters. Cluster A: Schizotypal. Cluster B: Antisocial. Narcissistic. Cluster C: Avoidant. Dependent Obsessive Compulsive. Ibtihal M.A.Ibrahim