L.6 - General introduction PD

Question 1

Learning goals Personality Disorders

Answer 1

1. recognize and identify the main characteristics of personality disorders
2. evaluate influential theories concerning etiology in specific cases of personality pathology
3. summarise the core principles and empirical evidence of the major treatments for personality disorders
4. analyse how personality theory relates to clinical practice and specific treatment modalities

Question 2

What will be discussed in PD?

Answer 2

• what are PDs?
• how do PDs develop?
• clinical presentation and discussion of specific PDs
  > cluster C and B
• etiological models
• two specific treatment approaches (ST and DBT)

Question 3

In the exam…

Answer 3

• lectures
• literature
  > separate chapters/literature on personality disorders
  > treatments (DBT and ST), including theoretical models, application and empirical evidence
• The DSM-5 PD criteria
  > recognize, memorize, and identify the DSM criteria
  > distinguish between different PDs and understand nuanced differences and overlap

Question 4

Today…

Answer 4

• what are personality disorders?
• what are the general characteristics of PDs?
• what is the role of upbringing and childhood experiences?

Question 5

What is identity disturbance?

Answer 5

• inconsistency in describing youself
• no predictability of future behavior
• comes down to the internal talk with yourself

Question 6

What are personality disorders?

Answer 6

! Psychopathology connected to our personality (part of our character/who we are)
- characterized by rigid, inflexible thoughts, feelings, actions and impulse regulation
- more compared to ‘normal’ personality
- originates in our early development
- present since late adolescence/early adulthood
- recently, more often diagnosis in adolescence
- dysfunctional
- sometimes only experienced by others
- related to high healthcare costs, healthcare consumption, societal costs & lower quality of life