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    This document provides an overview of a clinical psychology training program's day focusing on psychopathology and personality disorders. It defines personality disorders and clusters them into three groups: A) odd/eccentric (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal), B) dramatic/emotional/erratic (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic), and C) anxious/fearful (avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive). Causes may include genetics, childhood trauma, verbal abuse, and high reactivity. Treatment involves medication from a psychiatrist, psychotherapy from a psychologist or therapist, and care in a hospital from a psychiatric nurse. The document concludes with a case study describing symptoms of a patient

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    This document provides an overview of a clinical psychology training program's day focusing on psychopathology and personality disorders. It defines personality disorders and clusters them into three groups: A) odd/eccentric (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal), B) dramatic/emotional/erratic (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic), and C) anxious/fearful (avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive). Causes may include genetics, childhood trauma, verbal abuse, and high reactivity. Treatment involves medication from a psychiatrist, psychotherapy from a psychologist or therapist, and care in a hospital from a psychiatric nurse. The document concludes with a case study describing symptoms of a patient

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    Training Program In

    Clinical Psychology
    Day 6
    Psychopathology 3
    Personality
    Disorders
    Personality disorder is an enduring
    pattern of inner experience and
    behavior that deviates markedly
    from the norms and expectations of
    the individual’s culture, is
    pervasive and inflexible, has an
    onset in adolescence or early
    adulthood, is stable over time, and
    leads to distress or impairment.
    Cluster A
    1. Paranoid personality disorder is a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such that others’ motives are
    interpreted as malevolent.
    2. Schizoid personality disorder is a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted
    range of emotional expression.
    3. Schizotypal personality disorder is a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or
    perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior.
    Cluster B
    1. Antisocial personality disorder is a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others,
    criminality, impulsivity, and a failure to learn from experience.
    2. Borderline personality disorder is a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self image,
    and affects, and marked impulsivity.
    3. Histrionic personality disorder is a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking.
    4. Narcissistic personality disorder is a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of
    empathy.
    Cluster C
    1. Avoidant personality disorder is a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and
    hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
    2. Dependent personality disorder is a pattern of submissive and clinging behavior related to an
    excessive need to be taken care of.
    3. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a pattern of preoccupation with orderliness,
    perfectionism, and control.
    What causes personality disorders?
    Research suggests that genetics, abuse and other factors

    contribute to the development of obsessive-compulsive,

    narcissistic or other personality disorders.

    ● Genetics

    ● Childhood trauma

    ● Verbal abuse

    ● High reactivity
    TREATMENT

    ➔ Psychiatrist = medication

    ➔ Psychologist or therapist = psychotherapy

    ➔ Psychiatric nurse = in the hospital


    Case Discussion
    Mary is a 26-year-old African-American woman who presents with a history of non-suicidal self-injury, specifically cutting
    her arms and legs, since she was a teenager. She has made two suicide attempts by overdosing on prescribed medications,
    one as a teenager and one six months ago; she also reports chronic suicidal ideation, explaining that it gives her relief to
    think about suicide as a “way out.”

    When she is stressed, Mary says that she often “zones out,” even in the middle of conversations or while at work. She
    states, “I don’t know who Mary really is,” and describes a longstanding pattern of changing her hobbies, style of clothing,
    and sometimes even her job based on who is in her social group. At times, she thinks that her partner is “the best thing
    that’s ever happened to me” and will impulsively buy him lavish gifts, send caring text messages, and the like; however, at
    other times she admits to thinking “I can’t stand him,” and will ignore or lash out at him, including yelling or throwing
    things. Immediately after doing so, she reports feeling regret and panic at the thought of him leaving her. Mary reports that
    before she began dating her current partner she sometimes engaged in sexual activity with multiple people per week, often
    with partners whom she did not know.

    Her symptoms are- anger, anxiety, concentration difficulties, emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, mood Cycles, risky
    behaviors, self-Injury and suicidal thoughts.
    ANY QUESTIONS!!!

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