Chapter 12: Personality Disorders
After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: - Identify the differences between personality disorders and acute disorders.
- Identify the three clusters of personality disorders, the disorders in each cluster, and the ways in which the disorders in each cluster are related.
- Discuss the controversies that surround the personality disorders, including claims that they are gender-biased.
- Identify the similarities and differences between schizophrenia and the odd-eccentric personality disorders.
- Describe the key symptoms and characteristics of each personality disorder, the theories that attempt to explain it, and the approaches used to treat it.
- Discuss why some of the personality disorders (such as antisocial personality disorder) are especially difficult to treat.
- Identify the differences between avoidant personality disorder, social phobia, and schizoid personality disorder.
- Identify the similarities and differences between obsessive-compulsive disorder and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
- Discuss the criticisms of the DSM’s approach to classifying personality disorders.
- Describe alternative conceptualizations of the personality disorders.
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