Personality Disorders, Mental Retardation and Pychosocial Stressors

Personality Disorders:

Cluster A: Describes odd or eccentric behaviors: Paranoid PD, Schizoid PD, Schizotypal PD
Cluster B: Describes emotional/erratic behavior : Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic
Cluster C: Describes anxious/fearful behavior : Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-compulsive

Mental Retardation:

(IQ <70, concurrent deficits in adaptive functioning, onset before age 18, causes can be heredity (PKU), embryonic development (Down's Syndrome, anoxia, toxins), medical problems (lead poisoning), psychological problems (severe deprivation)

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Axis III codes co-existing general medical conditions that are comorbid to the mental health diagnoses on Axis I and II
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Psychosocial Stressors:

• Problems with primary support group (death, abuse, separation),
• Social environment (death or loss, discrimination, living alone),
• Educational problems (illiteracy),
• Occupational problems (unemployed), housing problems (homeless, unsafe),
• Economic problems (poverty)
• Problems with access to health care (inadequate care),
• Problems in interaction with legal services (arrest, victimization),
• Other