- Cultural relativity refers to the need to consider the rooms and customs of another culture when diagnosing a person from that culture with a disorder.
- Culture Bound syndromes are disorders found only in certain cultures.
What are the different kind of personality disorders?
Personality disorders are extremely rigid, maladaptive patterns of behavior that prevent a person from normal social interactions and relationships.
In anti social personality disorder a person is the serial killer.
In borderline personality disorder a person is dingly , moody, unstable in relationships, and suffer from problems with identity.
What causes personality disorders?- Psychoanalisysts blame an inadequate resolution to the Oedipal complex for personality disorders, stating that this results in a poorly developed superego.
- Biological relatives of people with personality disordes are more likely to develop similar disorders supporting a genetic basis for such disoders.
- Other possible causes of personality disorders may include disturbances in family communications and relationships, childhood abuse, neglect, overly strict parenting, and parental rejection.
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