Healing Trauma: A New Approach to Personality Disorders
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The presentation on differential diagnosis of personality disorders emphasizes a trauma-informed perspective, highlighting eight common diagnostic errors often related to trauma. Personality disorders are characterized by enduring, pervasive behaviors that deviate from cultural expectations and are inflexible since adolescence, not better explained by other mental disorders or conditions. Trauma impacts social skill development in children, leading to social anxiety, stress, and hypersensitivity. Mnemonics like 'SUSPECT' and 'DISTANT' help identify traits of paranoid and schizoid personalities, respectively, while 'CRINGES' and 'RELIANCE' describe avoidant and dependent traits. Antisocial personality traits are captured by 'CORRUPT,' and borderline personality is often linked to traumatic childhoods, with 'AM SUICIDE' summarizing its traits. Narcissistic behaviors, described by 'SPECIAL,' involve fantasies of success and lack of empathy, often stemming from chaotic environments. Differentiating personality disorders from other conditions like addiction, mood disorders, and autism is crucial, considering cultural and developmental expectations to avoid misdiagnosis.
The presentation on differential diagnosis of personality disorders emphasizes a trauma-informed per