Lecture 5: Personality Disorders

Normal and Abnormal Personality

Personality =

pervasive, enduring patterns of inner experience and behavior

The Personality Disorders

• Cluster A: Odd or Eccentric Personality D/Os
  
• Paranoid
  Schizoid
  Schizotypal
  
  
• Cluster B: Dramatic/Emotional Pers. D/Os
  
• Antisocial
  Borderline
  Histrionic
  Narcissistic
  
  
• Cluster C: Fearful/AnxiousPersonality D/Os
  
• Avoidant
  Dependent
  Obsessive-compulsive
  

Relationship Between "Normal" Personality,
Axis I, and Axis II Disorders

Example: Obsessive-compulsive "style"

O-C Disorder	O-C Personality D/O
(Axis I)	(Axis II)

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