Transcript Module 49 - DID and Personality disorders

Dissociative and
Personality Disorders
Module 49
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Psychological Disorders
Mood Disorders
 Major Depressive Disorders
 Bipolar Disorder
 Explaining Mood Disorders
Personality Disorders
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Dissociative Disorder
Conscious awareness becomes separated
(dissociated) from previous memories,
thoughts, and feelings.
Symptoms
1. Sense of being unreal.
2. Being separated from the body.
3. Watching themselves as in a movie.
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Is a disorder in which a person exhibits two or
more distinct and alternating personalities
formerly called multiple personality disorder.
Lois Bernstein/ Gamma Liason
The
Three
Faces
of Eve
Chris Sizemore (DID)
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DID Critics
Critics argue that diagnosis of DID has
increased in the late 20th century. Also DID has
not been found in other countries.
Critics Arguments
1. Role-playing by people open to
therapist’s suggestion.
2. Learned response that reinforces
reductions in anxiety.
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Personality Disorders
Characterized by
inflexible and
enduring behavior
patterns that impair
social functioning.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Disorder in which the person (usually men)
exhibits a lack of conscience for
wrongdoing, even towards friends and
family members. Formerly called sociopath
or psychopath.
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Understanding Antisocial
Personality Disorder
Like mood disorders
and schizophrenia,
antisocial personality
disorder has biological
and psychological
reasons.
Youngsters before
committing crime
respond with lower
levels of stress hormones
than do others their age.
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Understanding Antisocial
Personality Disorder
PET scans of 41 murderers revealed reduced
activity in the frontal lobes. In a follow-up study
repeat offenders had 11% less frontal lobe
compared to normals (Raine et al., 1999; 2000).
Courtesy of Adrian Raine,
University of Southern California
Normal
Murderer
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Understanding Antisocial
Personality Disorder
Probability of crime increases twice as much when
childhood poverty is compounded with peri-natal
(birth) complications
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