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  • Adjustment Disorders
  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Mood Disorders
  • Personality Disorders

Personality Disorders

In this lecture, we will talk about the presentation to a range of personality disorders.  A person with a personality disorder will think differently,  Feel differently behave differently  or relates to others very differently from the average person. The DSM-V states there are several different types of personality disorder, split into 3 clusters:  Cluster A: Peculiar thought processes, inappropriate affect – remember them as WEIRD Cluster B: Mood lability, dissociative symptoms, preoccupation with rejection remember them as WILD Cluster C: Anxiety, preoccupation with criticism or rigidity remember them as WORRIED Causes It's not clear exactly what causes personality disorders, but they're thought to result from a combination of the genes a person inherits and early environmental influences – for example, a distressing childhood experience (such as abuse or neglect). Prevalence: All are relatively common. More males have antisocial and narcissistic PDs More females have borderline and histrionic PDs.  Onset: Usually not diagnosed until late adolescence or early adulthood  Course.  Usually very chronic over decades without treatment.  Symptoms of paranoid, schizoid, and narcissistic PD often worsen with age;  symptoms of antisocial and borderline PD often ameliorate.  Key Symptoms.  A long pattern of difficult interpersonal relationships, problems adapting to stress, failure to achieve goals, chronic unhappiness, low self-esteem  Personality disorders are usually associated with mood disorders. Treatment:  Psychotherapy is the mainstay of treatment. Intensive and long-term psychodynamic and cognitive therapy are treatments of choice for most PDs.  Use of mood stabilizers and antidepressants is sometimes useful for Cluster B PDs.  Differential Diagnosis:  Major rule-outs are mood disorders, personality change due to a general medical condition, and adjustment disorders. 

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  • Released
    Nov 18, 2025
  • Last day to claim credit
    Nov 18, 2028 2 years left

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