Abnormal Psychology

Personality Disorders 579 Boutilier, 2002). A shy and retiring boy may retreat from taking risks; his parents may force him into ...

580 CHAPTER 13 In addition, because people with personality disorders may not be motivated to address the problems associated wi ...

Personality Disorders 581 Odd/Eccentric Personality Disorders Cluster A personality disorders involve odd or eccentric behaviors ...

582 CHAPTER 13 People with paranoid personality disorder are better able to evaluate whether their suspicions are based on reali ...

Personality Disorders 583 Part of the challenge for clinicians is that the symptoms of paranoid personality disorder may not alw ...

584 CHAPTER 13 this disorder appear to be emotionless and often don’t express anger, even when provoked. And in fact, they often ...

Personality Disorders 585 As with paranoid personality disorder, mental health clinicians need to make sure that the diagnosis o ...

586 CHAPTER 13 °ideas of reference, in which the individual interprets ordinary events to have particular meaning for him or her ...

Personality Disorders 587 Distinguishing Between Schizotypal Personality Disorder and Other Disorders Schizotypal personality di ...

588 CHAPTER 13 The DSM-IV-TR explicitly notes that cognitive and perceptual distortions may occur as part of culturally sanction ...

Personality Disorders 589 tend to avoid others and isolate themselves (Beck, Freeman, & Davis, 2004; Farmer & Nelson-Gra ...

590 CHAPTER 13 Treating Odd/Eccentric Personality Disorders Unfortunately, very little research has been conducted to evaluate t ...

Personality Disorders 591 is their tendency not to collaborate with the therapist to develop goals for treatment (Beck, Freeman, ...

592 CHAPTER 13 Dramatic/Erratic Personality Disorders In her memoir, Rachel Reiland recalls an occasion when a minor matter set ...

Personality Disorders 593 in the attic and writing the threatening notes prob- ably resulted from uncontrollable emotions that e ...

594 CHAPTER 13 The Role of Conduct Disorder One of the diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality disorder is evidence of co ...

Personality Disorders 595 diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder is broader (i.e., less restrictive, because there are few ...

596 CHAPTER 13 require processing emotional pictures and words (Intrator et al., 1997; Kiehl et al., 2001). Moreover, these pati ...

Personality Disorders 597 Psychological Factors in Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy Antisocial personality disord ...

598 CHAPTER 13 depend on the setting: Those who are less violent are more likely to be seen in out- patient settings; those who ...