PPT-1 Personality Disorders Personality disorders are characterized by:

inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning usually without depression or delusions Robert Lee Yates Spokane Skid Row Killer Personality Disorders Broken down into Clusters. PPA Fall 2012 Ethics Workshop. We have three competing diagnostic systems of personality: DSM5, ICD10 and PDM. If we are to ethically base our diagnoses on “information and techniques sufficient to substantiate their findings,” then which do we use and why? . Prof. Dr. Elham . Fayad. .. . Objectives:. By the end of this session the student should be able to:. 1- Classify the most common mental disorders.. 2- Discuss the . etiology. of mental disorders.. A Closer Look at Psychological Disorders. Personality Disorders. Personality disorders are a class of disorders marked by extreme, long-standing, inflexible personality traits that cause subjective distress or impaired social and occupational functioning. They are not so much severe mental disorders as dysfunctional styles of living.. Amanda Hamilton, LMSW. October, 2013. Table of Contents. Definition of Personality Disorders. Statistical Data. Indicators of a Personality Disorder. DSM IV . vs. DSM V. Overview of Each Personality Disorder. Guiding Question. What are the characteristics of . specific personality and disruptive disorders?. DSM Classified . Personality Disorders. Cluster A (the "odd, eccentric" cluster. ). Cluster B (the "dramatic, emotional, erratic" cluster. - Battista . Mantuanus. Psychological Disorder. Psychological . disorder. – a psychological condition characterized by behaviors and/or thinking patterns that are UMAD. Unjustifiable. - irrational, doesn’t make sense to most people. Ardelle. Bland. Christine Buckingham. Jennifer Del . Corso. Definition of a Personality Disorder. Enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior. Deviates markedly from expectations of the individual’s culture. Marion Weeks. Jenks High School. Dissociative Disorders. Characterized by disturbances or changes in memory, consciousness, or identity due to psychological factors. . Some . believe dissociative disorders are an attempt to escape from a part of the self that one fears; allows them to reduce anxiety by forgetting stressful events or aspects of their personality. Marion Weeks. Jenks High School. Anxiety Disorders in general. Diagnosis occurs when overwhelming anxiety disrupts social or occupational functioning or produces significant distress.. Manifestations of anxiety. People with personality disorders have . formed peculiar and unpleasant personality patterns. . For example, some are very secretive, some very self-centered and selfish, some suspicious all the time. . DSM-IV lists 10 separate personality disorders, with an average prevalence of 1-2%. Three clusters: anxious-fearful, odd-eccentric, and dramatic-impulsive. Concern:. . Categorical vs. Dimensional (DSM-V)?. Maxym Choptiany, MD FRCPC. What is a personality disorder?. Chronic, inflexible, and maladaptive pattern of relating to the world. . Evident in the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. . The most noticeable and significant feature is their negative effect on interpersonal relationships.. Tier 3 . What is Personality?. The . word ‘Personality’ refers to the collection of characteristics or traits that we have developed as we have grown up and which make each of us an individual. These include the ways that we:. PERSONALITY DISORDERS. LECTURE NO:1. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING. VSPM’S COLLEGE OF NURSING & RESEARCH CENTRE, NAGPUR. PURPOSE STATEMENT. At the end of the lecture the students will be able to gain knowledge regarding personality disorder and will apply this in to clinical practice..