1 TOPIC 9 PERSONALITYDISORDERS
- According to DSM-IV-TR criteria for diagnosing a personality disorder the person’s enduring pattern of behavior must be pervasive an inflexible as well as stable and of long duration
Difficulties in diagnosing Personality Disorders 1 st problem- the diagnostics criteria for personality are not as sharply defined as for most Axis I diagnostics categories 2 nd problem- the diagnostic categories are not mutually exclusive: people often show characteristics of more then one personality disorder. The five factor model is used to help understand the commonalities and distinctions between the different personality disorders. 3
Difficulties in Studying the Causes of Personality Disorders. 4
Cluster A: Paranoid, schizoid and schizotypical personality disorders Cluster B: Histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial and borderline personality disorders Cluster C: Avoidant, dependent and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder 5