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New DSM criteria on austic spectrum disorder pretty much cuts out Aspergers
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 558166" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>The following is the suggested wording for criteria for Personality Disorder:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose borderline personality disorder, the following criteria must be met:</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">A. Significant impairments in <strong>personality functioning</strong> manifest by:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">1. Impairments in <strong>self functioning </strong>(a or b):</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">a. <strong>Identity:</strong> Markedly impoverished, poorly developed, or unstable self-image, often associated with excessive self-criticism; chronic feelings of emptiness; dissociative states under stress<span style="color: #ff0000">. (check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">b. <strong>Self-direction:</strong> Instability in goals, aspirations, values, or career plans. <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">AND</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">2. Impairments in <strong>interpersonal functioning </strong>(a or b):</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">a. <strong>Empathy: </strong>Compromised ability to recognize the feelings and needs of others associated with interpersonal hypersensitivity (i.e., prone to feel slighted or insulted); perceptions of others selectively biased toward negative attributes or vulnerability<span style="color: #ff0000">(check somewhat)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">b. <strong>Intimacy:</strong> Intense, unstable, and conflicted close relationships, marked by mistrust, neediness, and anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment; close relationships often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation and alternating between over involvement and withdrawal. <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">B. Pathological <strong>personality traits</strong> in the following domains:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">1. <strong>Negative Affectivity</strong>, characterized by:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">a. <strong>Emotional lability:</strong> Unstable emotional experiences and frequent mood changes; emotions that are easily aroused, intense, and/or out of proportion to events and circumstances.<span style="color: #ff0000"> ( check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">b. <strong>Anxiousness: </strong>Intense feelings of nervousness, tenseness, or panic, often in reaction to interpersonal stresses; worry about the negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and future negative possibilities; feeling fearful, apprehensive, or threatened by uncertainty; fears of falling apart or losing control. <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">c. <strong>Separation insecurity:</strong> Fears of rejection by " and/or separation from " significant others, associated with fears of excessive dependency and complete loss of autonomy.<span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">d. <strong>Depressivity:</strong> Frequent feelings of being down, miserable, and/or hopeless; difficulty recovering from such moods; pessimism about the future; pervasive shame; feeling of inferior self-worth; thoughts of suicide and suicidal behavior. <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">2. <strong>Disinhibition,</strong> characterized by:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">a. <strong>Impulsivity: </strong>Acting on the spur of the moment in response to immediate stimuli; acting on a momentary basis without a plan or consideration of outcomes; difficulty establishing or following plans; a sense of urgency and self-harming behavior under emotional distress. <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">b. <strong>Risk taking: </strong>Engagement in dangerous, risky, and potentially self-damaging activities, unnecessarily and without regard to consequences; lack of concern for one's limitations and denial of the reality of personal danger. <span style="color: #ff0000">(not anymore)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">3.<strong> Antagonism,</strong> characterized by:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">a. <strong>Hostility:</strong> Persistent or frequent angry feelings; anger or irritability in response to minor slights and insults.<span style="color: #ff0000"> (check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.<span style="color: #ff0000"> (check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual's developmental stage or socio-cultural environment. <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">E. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma). <span style="color: #ff0000">(check)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff0000">In other words, I would still meet the criteria for all everything but one or two things and that would not change my diagnosis. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 558166, member: 1514"] The following is the suggested wording for criteria for Personality Disorder: [SIZE=2]The essential features of a personality disorder are impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits. To diagnose borderline personality disorder, the following criteria must be met: A. Significant impairments in [B]personality functioning[/B] manifest by: 1. Impairments in [B]self functioning [/B](a or b): a. [B]Identity:[/B] Markedly impoverished, poorly developed, or unstable self-image, often associated with excessive self-criticism; chronic feelings of emptiness; dissociative states under stress[COLOR=#ff0000]. (check)[/COLOR] b. [B]Self-direction:[/B] Instability in goals, aspirations, values, or career plans. [COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] AND 2. Impairments in [B]interpersonal functioning [/B](a or b): a. [B]Empathy: [/B]Compromised ability to recognize the feelings and needs of others associated with interpersonal hypersensitivity (i.e., prone to feel slighted or insulted); perceptions of others selectively biased toward negative attributes or vulnerability[COLOR=#ff0000](check somewhat)[/COLOR] b. [B]Intimacy:[/B] Intense, unstable, and conflicted close relationships, marked by mistrust, neediness, and anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment; close relationships often viewed in extremes of idealization and devaluation and alternating between over involvement and withdrawal. [COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] B. Pathological [B]personality traits[/B] in the following domains: 1. [B]Negative Affectivity[/B], characterized by: a. [B]Emotional lability:[/B] Unstable emotional experiences and frequent mood changes; emotions that are easily aroused, intense, and/or out of proportion to events and circumstances.[COLOR=#ff0000] ( check)[/COLOR] b. [B]Anxiousness: [/B]Intense feelings of nervousness, tenseness, or panic, often in reaction to interpersonal stresses; worry about the negative effects of past unpleasant experiences and future negative possibilities; feeling fearful, apprehensive, or threatened by uncertainty; fears of falling apart or losing control. [COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] c. [B]Separation insecurity:[/B] Fears of rejection by " and/or separation from " significant others, associated with fears of excessive dependency and complete loss of autonomy.[COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] d. [B]Depressivity:[/B] Frequent feelings of being down, miserable, and/or hopeless; difficulty recovering from such moods; pessimism about the future; pervasive shame; feeling of inferior self-worth; thoughts of suicide and suicidal behavior. [COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] 2. [B]Disinhibition,[/B] characterized by: a. [B]Impulsivity: [/B]Acting on the spur of the moment in response to immediate stimuli; acting on a momentary basis without a plan or consideration of outcomes; difficulty establishing or following plans; a sense of urgency and self-harming behavior under emotional distress. [COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] b. [B]Risk taking: [/B]Engagement in dangerous, risky, and potentially self-damaging activities, unnecessarily and without regard to consequences; lack of concern for one's limitations and denial of the reality of personal danger. [COLOR=#ff0000](not anymore)[/COLOR] 3.[B] Antagonism,[/B] characterized by: a. [B]Hostility:[/B] Persistent or frequent angry feelings; anger or irritability in response to minor slights and insults.[COLOR=#ff0000] (check)[/COLOR] C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are relatively stable across time and consistent across situations.[COLOR=#ff0000] (check)[/COLOR] D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are not better understood as normative for the individual's developmental stage or socio-cultural environment. [COLOR=#ff0000](check)[/COLOR] E. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual's personality trait expression are not solely due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., severe head trauma). [COLOR=#ff0000](check) In other words, I would still meet the criteria for all everything but one or two things and that would not change my diagnosis. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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