Abstract
Personality is a complex compilation of social skills, impulse control, affective modulation,risk assessment and ability to learn from previous experiences (Powers, 2005a). Personalitydisorders are fundamental and persisting problems related to who people are, how theysee themselves, how they cope with problems and how they interface with others(Putnam, 2009). The diagnosis of a personality disorder implies that the individual has,or could have the ability to evaluate interpersonal, social, legal and professional behavior inhis- or herself.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Practical Manual |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons |
| Pages | 191-209 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119993810 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 27 2012 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Medicine
Keywords
- Accurate diagnosis, significant implications for needs of ID
- BPD, and incidence of cognitive impairment
- Criteria for PDs, potentially altered in ID
- Diagnosis of PDs in individuals with ID, controversial
- Diagnostic criteria for HPD, the DSM-IV Text Revision
- Dividing line, "disorder" versus accepted normality
- Gold standard of treatment for PDs, psychotherapy
- Little research being on APD, in ID population
- Personality disorders (PDs)
- SAP
Disciplines
- Mental Disorders
- Other Psychiatry and Psychology
- Psychiatry