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Personality Disorders

Learn about psychological disorders disrupting social functioning, including paranoid, schizoid, antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and dependent personality disorders. Explore their characteristics and effects on personal relationships.

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Personality Disorders

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  1. Personality Disorders

  2. Personality Disorders • Psychological disorders characterized by rigid and lasting behavior patterns that disrupt social functioning • Divided into three clusters:

  3. Odd or Eccentric Behaviors • Paranoid Personality Disorder • Shows deep distrust of other people, which gets in the way of personal relationships • Different than paranoid schizophrenia

  4. Odd or Eccentric Behaviors • Schizoid Personality Disorder • Is detached from social relationships • Are true hermits, preferring life alone and avoiding intimate interactions at all costs

  5. Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic Characteristics • Antisocial Personality Disorder • Personality disorder in which the person shows a lack of conscience for wrongdoing • Shows no respects for the rights others • Usually male • Also known as psychopathic or sociopathic personality disorder • The Ice Man

  6. Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic • Borderline Personality Disorder • Exhibit instability of emotions, self-image, behavior, and relationships • documentary

  7. Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic • Narcissistic Personality Disorder • Self centeredness • Issues with power and inadequacy • Charles Manson • Narcissicm and Social Networks

  8. Dramatic, Emotional, Erratic • Histrionic • Self-focused • Self inflating • Shallow emotions • Inappropriately sexually seductiveness • Cable Guy • Jessica Rabbit

  9. Anxious or Fearful Disorders • Avoidant Personality Disorder • So sensitive about being rejected that personal relationships become difficult • video

  10. Anxious or Fearful Disorders • Dependent Personality Disorder • Behave in clingy, submissive ways and displays a strong need to have others take care of them • What About Bob

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