Personality Disorders

Analyze gender bias in personality disorder perceptions, contrasting how women are labeled emotional or aggressive with men seen as confident, while appearance and leadership roles shape judgments.

Family members grapple with stigma as they judge and label personality disorders using DSM five criteria of excessive and inappropriate behavior, shaped by cultural, social, and gendered worldviews.

Trace the personality disorders debate from Freud’s era to the diagnostic and statistical manual framework, noting the 1930s conservative view and the shift toward asking what happened to you.

The lecture traces the 1980s shift to cognitive-behavioral, evidence-based diagnosis. It emphasizes observable behavior and thoughts, introduces a separate axis for personality disorders, and critiques permanent condition labeling.

Recognize that personality traits are stable and predictable across situations, lie on a continuum from extreme extroversion to introversion, and become problematic only at extremes, per DSM and ICD-10.

Schizoid personality disorder features detachment, indifference, and a preference for solitude, with flattened affect, little joy, and limited interest in close relationships or sexual activity.

Explore antisocial personality disorder, characterized by lack of empathy, manipulation, deceit, and impulsive, risky behavior. The caption highlights court involvement, criminal patterns, early conduct disorder, and limited engagement with therapy.

Narcissistic personality disorder centers on extreme self-importance, entitlement, and lack of empathy, often exploiting others and demanding praise and special treatment.

Describe dependent personality disorder as marked by reliance on others and nurturance needs. Explain how individuals seek reassurance from others, avoid independent decisions, fear being alone, and have low self-esteem.