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what are the main characteristics of personality disorders?
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duration and social impairment
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differences between egodystonic and egosyntonic
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egodystonic-personal distress, discomfort with one's symptoms
egosyntonic-ideas and impulses do not bother the person |
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behavior of a person with antisocial personality disorder
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irresponsible, reckless, irritable, aggressive and antisocial behavior; disregards and violates other people's rights
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what is the onset of antisocial personality disorder?
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early childhood or adolescence
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what makes personality disorders different from other disorders?
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they are not episodic; they are enduring
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are personality disorders egodystonic or egosyntonic?
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ego-syntonic
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why is it difficult to do cross-cultural comparisons for personality disorders?
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the personality disorders are more closely tied to cultural expectations than any other type of disorders; we define personality disorders by their deviation from cultural norms but each culture is different
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bulimia requires that bingeing occurs how often?
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at least twice a week
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bulimia requires that bingeing and purging go on for how long?
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at least 3 mos.
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in anorexia, weight is less than __% of normal weight
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85%
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onset of bulimia and anorexia
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late adolescence/early adulthood
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bulimia affects _ to_% of young women
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1-3%
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bulimia and anorexia: ratio of women to men
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10 to 1
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anorexia affects _ to_% of young women
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.5 to 1%
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family factors relating to anorexia
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over-involvement, overprotectedness, rigidity, lack of conflict-resolution
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