PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• Personality Disorders derive from a personality pattern of long standing that seriously impair an individual's ability to function in social or work settings

• The DSM IV classifies 10 types of personality disorders

CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• Chronic history of the following:

• Poor judgement

• Disordered thinking

• Emotional disturbances

• Disrupted social relationships

• Lack of impulse control

PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• Eccentric Personality Disorders

• Paranoid - unwanted suspicion of others (mistrust)

• Schizoid - lack of interest in people or relationships

• Schizotypal - symptoms of schizophrenia but not severe enough to be classified as psychotic

ANXIOUS PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• Avoidant - hypersensitive to social rejection

• Dependent - excessive reliance on others, reluctant to make decisions on their own

• Obsessive-compulsive- rigid need for perfection, order, control, preoccupied with details

NARCISSISTICPERSONALITY DISORDER

• Have an exaggerated sense of self-importance (grandiose)

• Have the need for constant attention

• Want everyone's admiration

• Preoccupied with fantasies of success or power

• React in appropriately to criticism

• Do not deal well with setbacks or failure (often overreact)

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY

DISORDER• Have problems with interpersonal relationships

• Feel they are entitled to favors (people are obligated to them)

• Exploit others for their own purposes

• Have no empathy or understanding of the feelings of others

ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY

DISORDER

• Marked by a long pattern of irresponsible or harmful behavior

• Behavior indicates a lack of conscience (no guilt)

• Do not feel they have a responsibility to others (only their own satisfaction is of importance)

ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY

DISORDER

• Chronic lying, stealing, and fighting are common behaviors for those diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder

• Do not feel shame, guilt, anxiety or other intense emotions

• People with anti-social personality disorders are able to keep their cool in situations where others would become upset

• If this develops into a criminal pattern they are labeled as psychopaths or sociopaths

• This disorder is not limited to " criminals" but is also found in those who put career, money, or power above everything or everyone

• 2%-3% of the population in the United States may have this disorder

• Men are four times more likely to be diagnosed with this disorder

ANTI-SOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY

DISORDER• People with this disorder have intense, unstable emotions

• They will also develop distorted images of themselves

• Need for attention, will act dramatically or inappropriately to get attention (behavior will seem insincere)

• Their self-esteem depends on the approval of others

• Have shallow social relationships

HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

• In order to be the center of attention they may:

• Be overly flirtatious / dress provocatively / inappropriately be seductive

• Overly concerned with appearance

• Be gullible or influenced by others

• Not thinking before acting or make rash decisions

• In order to gain attention may threaten suicide

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

• Mains signs include:

• Instability

• Impulsiveness

• Unpredictable moods

• Troubled interpersonal relationships

• Are often abusive or are abused in relationships

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

• People who have borderline personality disorder have little tolerance for frustration

• Their impulsivity may lead to:

• Substance abuse

• Gambling

• Promiscuity

• Binge eating

• Reckless driving

• Self-mutilation

• Suicide attempts

CAUSES FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS

• The cause for these disorders is not known

• Believe it is the result of both learned and inherited factors

• There is a tendency for these disorders to run in a family, is the result of a genetic predisposition or a learned behavior as a child imitates the behavior of those in their surroundings