Overview

Delve into an extensive 4-hour 30-minute lecture on psychopathology, focusing on personality disorders and related mental health conditions. Explore comprehensive summaries of all 10 personality disorders, debunk common myths, and examine the intricate differences between similar disorders. Investigate the complexities of schizoid, narcissistic, borderline, and antisocial personality disorders, including their symptoms, manifestations, and treatment challenges. Learn about the Dark Triad, psychopathy's relationship with emotional intelligence and moral judgment, and the impact of childhood maltreatment. Analyze the stability of personality disorder symptoms over time, associated characteristics, and their effects on social interactions and relationships. Gain insights into specific phenomena like emotional switching, splitting, and pathological lying. Compare and contrast various disorders, such as borderline personality disorder with bipolar disorder and schizotypal personality disorder with schizophrenia. Examine the connection between personality traits and driving styles, and understand the relationship between the Five-Factor Model and mental health disorders.

Syllabus

Summary of all 10 Personality Disorders.
Seven Myths about Schizoid Personality Disorder.
Cluster C Personality Disorders and Shame.
Avoidant Personality Disorder and the Recognition of Fear in Others.
What is the Difference Between Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder?.
What is the Dark Triad?.
What is the Difference Between Primary and Secondary Psychopathy?.
What is the Relationship Between Psychopathy and Emotional Intelligence?.
Psychopathy and Moral Judgment.
Childhood Maltreatment, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Psychopathy.
What is the Difference Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder?.
Borderline Personality Disorder and Facial Expression Recognition.
How Do Social Interactions Affect Individuals with Avoidant & Borderline Personality Disorders?.
Do Personality Disorder Symptoms Predict Divorce?.
Complicating Factors for Treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Seven Myths about Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Nine Myths about Borderline Personality Disorder.
Loneliness and Borderline Personality Disorder.
What is Emotional Switching with Borderline Personality Disorder?.
What is Splitting with Borderline Personality Disorder?.
Countertransference in the Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
What is the Difference Between Borderline Personality Disorder and Histrionic Personality Disorder.
Are Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptoms Stable Over Time?.
What is the "Fear of Abandonment" Associated with Borderline Personality Disorder?.
What are the Associated Characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder?.
Narcissistic Rage and Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism.
What is Pathological Lying? (Pseudologia Fantastica).
Six Myths about Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Do Personality Disorders Change over the Lifetime?.
Examples of Narcissistic Personality Disorder Symptom Manifestations.
Examples of Schizotypal Personality Disorder Symptom Criteria Manifestations.
What is the Difference Between Schizotypal Personality Disorder and Schizophrenia?.
What is Borderline Rage? (Borderline Personality Disorder Anger).
The Relationship between the Five-Factor Model and Mental Health Disorders.
Driving Styles and Personality Traits.
What is the difference between Avoidant Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder?.
What are Paranoid Delusions (Persecutory Delusions)?.
What is the Schizophrenogenic Mother?.
What is the Difference Between Schizoaffective Disorder and Schizophrenia?.
What is the Difference Between Schizophreniform Disorder and Schizophrenia?.