PERSONALITY
DISORDERS
Martha Kairu
, Objectives
By the end of the lesson, learners should be
able to:
Define personality and personality disorder.
Classify personality disorders and outline the
characteristics of each cluster.
Describe the characteristics of individual
personality disorders and their management.
, Introduction
Personality: the totality of emotional and
behavioural characteristics that are particular
to a specific person and that remain
somewhat stable and predictable over time.
3
, Definition of Personality
Disorder
Enduring pattern of inner experience and
behavior that deviates markedly from the
expectations of the individual’s culture:
Personality disorders are diagnosed when
personality traits become inflexible and
maladaptive and significantly interfere with
how a person functions in society or cause
the person emotional distress.
Leads to impaired functioning, distress.
DISORDERS
Martha Kairu
, Objectives
By the end of the lesson, learners should be
able to:
Define personality and personality disorder.
Classify personality disorders and outline the
characteristics of each cluster.
Describe the characteristics of individual
personality disorders and their management.
, Introduction
Personality: the totality of emotional and
behavioural characteristics that are particular
to a specific person and that remain
somewhat stable and predictable over time.
3
, Definition of Personality
Disorder
Enduring pattern of inner experience and
behavior that deviates markedly from the
expectations of the individual’s culture:
Personality disorders are diagnosed when
personality traits become inflexible and
maladaptive and significantly interfere with
how a person functions in society or cause
the person emotional distress.
Leads to impaired functioning, distress.
