General Personality

1. What is personality?2. The Trait Approach and the Big Five

3. Where does personality come from?

a. Personality is rooted in genetics

i. Adoption Studies: Traits and the Environment

a. Between family effect (shared environment)

b. Within Family Effects (non-shared environment)

4. How Stable is Personality?

a. Stability and change over time

History of PD and DSM/Categorical Dx for PD

1. Early history2. Psychopathology3. DSM and categorical classificationa. Positives about the DSMb. Problems with the DSM (in general and related to PDs)

Dimensional approach, HiTOP and Assessment

1. DSM-5 changes2. HiTOP - one dimensional approach to classification3. Assessmenta. Interviewsb. Self-report measures or questionnaires

Personality and Psychopathology; Onset; Risk factors forPDs

1. Personality and psychopathologya. Relation between the two2. Onseta. Stigma3. Risk factors of PDs (ACES-averse childhood experience)a. Child factorsb. Family of origin factors

Stability and change over time of PDs; PD overview by the numbers

1. Two main questions in the area.a. First is: "Do PDs have rank-order stability over time?"b. Second is: "Do PDs show evidence of mean level stability over time2. PD overview by the numbersa. Prevalenceb. The most prevalence/common PD diagnosis3. Common thread: Interpersonal problems (Wright article)

General PD criteria

a. Criteriab. Diagnostic featuresc. General development and coursed. Impact of culturee. Impact of genderf. Differential diagnosis

For each PD

1. Cluster and cluster general characteristics2. Individual characteristics of each PD3. Criteria for each PD4. Other relevant infoa. Diagnostic featuresb. Differential dxsc. Associated featuresd. Gender and prevalencee. Cultural considerationsf. Early signs (risk factors)