1. Personality Disorders 1
Psychological disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning.

2. Personality disorders 1a
Definition:
Behavior patterns
Inflexible
Enduring
Usually no anxiety, depression, delusion

3. Antisocial Personality Disorder 2
antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of conscience
People with this disorder are prone to criminal behavior, believing that their victims are weak and deserving of being taken advantage of. They tend to lie and steal

4. Antisocial personality disorder 2a
Lack of conscience for wrong doing
Often aggressive
Used to be called psychopath/ sociopath
Evidence often seen in childhood
Manipulative – can be charming
More prevalent in men
Punishment does not bother them

5. Antisocial personality disorder 2b
Reasons for anti social behavior
Lack of discipline/ inconsistent discipline
Faulty nervous system
Imitation of one’s own antisocial parents

6. Borderline Personality Disorder 3
they will take their anger out on themselves, causing themselves injury
Suicidal threats and actions are not uncommon
They are quick to anger when their expectations are not met.

7. Borderline personality disorder 3a
Increasing disorder – recognized by clinicians
Chronic instability of emotions, self image, relationships
Self destructive behaviors
Most often diagnosed in women

8. Borderline personality disorder 3b
Base: often in childhood
Intense fear of abandonment/ emptiness
Mood instability
Symptoms:
Rages (no reason)
Cutting (take away pain)
Mood swings
Poor self image

9. Borderline personality disorder 3c
Symptoms continued
Difficulty with relationships
Difficulty holding a job
Whatever happens – it is always someone else’s fault

10. Narcissistic Personality Disorder 4
Having an unwarranted sense of self-importance.
Thinking that you are the center of the universe.

11. Narcissistic Personality Disorder
They tend to be choosy about picking friends, since they believe that not just anyone is worthy of being their friend.
They are generally uninterested in the feelings of others and may take advantage of them.

12. Paranoid Personality Disorder 5
Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a distrust of others and a constant suspicion that people around you have sinister motives.

13. Paranoid personality disorder 5a
Look for hidden meanings in everything
Believe that everyone has a hostile intention
Challenge loyalties of friends
Shift blame to others
Carry long grudges
Do not form close relationships

14. Dependent Personality Disorder 6
Rely too much on the attention and help of others.
Someone else has to make the decisions
Need advice
Tend to be submissive

15. Avoidant personality disorder 7
characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation.
consider themselves to be socially inept or personally unappealing, and avoid social interaction for fear of being ridiculed or humiliated.

16. Schizoid Personality Disorder 8
People with schizoid personality disorder avoid relationships and do not show much emotion
They genuinely prefer to be alone and do not secretly wish for popularity.

17. Schizoid personality disorder 8a
Avoid relationships
No emotion
Jobs with little social contact
Social skills are weak
Often viewed as loners
Schizotypical
Basically same features/ eccentric behavior/ mild schizophrenia – some believe

18. Histrionic Personality Disorder 9
Needs to be the center of attention.
Whether acting silly or dressing provocatively.

19. Obsessive –Compulsive Personality Disorder 10
Overly concerned with certain thoughts and performing certain behaviors.
Not as extreme as OCD anxiety.

20. OCD 10a Different than just OCD Stress perfectionism
Intense interest in being orderly
Wants control

21. Depersonalization Disorder 11
is marked by a feeling of detachment or distance from one's own experience, body, or self.
One can easily relate to feeling as they in a dream, or being "spaced out."
A person's experience with depersonalization can be so severe that he or she believes the external world is unreal or distorted.