Course in Psychology: Personality Disorders and DSM-5

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This training program offers an in depth immersion in personality pathology, addressing etiology through the most effective intervention strategies. Through a rigorous approach, the student will learn to identify cognitive and behavioral patterns that define each disorder, using the updated diagnostic criteria from DSM 5 and ICD 11 to ensure a clinical practice grounded in scientific evidence.

The syllabus delves into classification of disorders in Groups A, B and C, analyzing complex clinical presentations such as the Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder. Special attention is given to comorbidity with other mental health conditions and to the psychometric assessment tools required to perform a precise differential diagnosis in clinical settings.

Beyond theory, the course emphasizes practical application of advanced therapeutic models, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Students will develop skills to establish a solid therapeutic alliance and to manage countertransference effectively, integrating case formulation and treatment planning.

Completing this training will enable mental health professionals to update clinical competencies, offering more specialized and effective care for high complexity cases. Specialization in psychotherapeutic intervention is now a decisive differentiator for standing out in both private and public healthcare, opening new employment opportunities in rehabilitation centers and private practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities across settings.

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Objectives: Master Intervention in Personality Disorders

✅ Master the diagnostic criteria of the DSM-5 and ICD-11 to accurately identify the different personality disorders and their subtypes.
✅ Correctly differentiate between clusters A (odd/eccentric), B (dramatic), and C (anxious), understanding the etiology and dynamics of each group.
✅ Apply psychometric assessment instruments and structured interviews to perform an accurate differential diagnosis and avoid false positives.
✅ Design effective therapeutic intervention strategies, integrating cognitive-behavioral models and third-wave therapies such as DBT.
✅ Manage the therapeutic alliance in complex cases, learning to handle countertransference and emotional crises during sessions.
✅ Develop personalized treatment plans that promote patient autonomy and improve the patient's psychosocial and functional adaptation.

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The course syllabus includes:

👨🏻‍🏫 16 Topics

▽ TOPIC 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF PERSONALITY AND ITS DISORDERS

3 Lessons00:13:14

You will identify personality concepts and stability, differences between type and trait theories, and how genetics, trauma, attachment, vulnerability and resilience affect disorders and adaptation.

▶ 1.1 Definition and Development of Personality

You will distinguish the concept and stability of personality, the differences between type and trait theories, and how genetics and environment interact under the biopsychosocial model.

04:34

▶ 1.2 Etiology and Origins of the Disorder

How genetics, childhood trauma, and family attachment interact to create or protect against personality disorders.

04:17

▶ 1.3 Conceptualization of Personality Disorder

You will distinguish personality trait, personality style, and personality disorder, recognize when rigidity causes distress, and how vulnerability and resilience affect diagnosis and adaptation.

04:23

▽ TOPIC 2: CRIMINOLOGY, STATISTICS AND VIOLENCE

3 Lessons00:12:41

Interpret crime statistics and the dark figure of crime, understand how forensics and demography affect rates, explain social and personal causes of crime, and distinguish types of violence to identify them and respond.

▶ 2.1 Statistical Overview of Crime

How to interpret crime statistics: what unreported crimes hide, how rates shift with forensic advances and demographics, and what data show about daytime thefts and homicide rate per capita.

04:14

▶ 2.2 Explanatory Theories of Criminal Behavior

Understand how socioeconomic strain, personality traits like extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism, and social learning explain why some people turn to crime and violence.

04:48

▶ 2.3 The Nature of Violence

Learn to tell aggression from violence, recognize physical, sexual, and psychological violence, review examples and consequences, and know how to identify them and act.

03:39

▽ TOPIC 3: MENTAL HEALTH AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR

2 Lessons00:11:31

Explores how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder relate to violence, debunks myths, identifies risk peaks and how treatment and abstinence reduce aggression, plus criminal patterns, profiles and barriers to reporting

▶ 3.1 Links between Mental Disorders and Crime

Learn how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder relate to violence, what myths exist, when risk increases, and how treatment and drug abstinence reduce aggressive behavior.

05:45

▶ 3.2 Specific Criminal Typologies

You will identify the motivations and patterns of property crimes, harassment and sexual assaults, and the psychology behind serial killers and mass shootings, as well as factors that hinder reporting.

05:46

▽ TOPIC 4: CLUSTER A DISORDERS [RARE AND ECCENTRIC]

3 Lessons00:17:03

Differentiate and treat paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders: diagnostic criteria, signs of mistrust or detachment, common comorbidities, cognitive distortions, and intervention approaches and social skills training

▶ 4.1 Paranoid Personality Disorder

Detect diagnostic criteria, signs of persistent mistrust, comorbidities, and therapeutic management guidelines for paranoid personality disorder.

05:49

▶ 4.2 Schizoid Personality Disorder

Detecting and distinguishing schizoid personality disorder: recognizing criteria of emotional and social detachment, differentiating it from other disorders, and applying basic intervention strategies and social skills training.

05:32

▶ 4.3 Schizotypal Personality Disorder

You will recognize the criteria for schizotypal disorder: social deficits, cognitive distortions, and symptoms like ideas of reference, perceptual experiences, magical thinking, and primary therapeutic approaches.

05:42

▽ TOPIC 5: CLUSTER B DISORDERS [DRAMATIC, EMOTIONAL AND ERRATIC] - PART I

4 Lessons00:19:52

Internalize criteria and neurobiological bases of antisocial PD, distinguish psychopathy, sociopathy and APD, detect conduct before age 15 and intervene, manage borderline PD with DBT and apply techniques for histrionic features and boundaries

▶ 5.1 Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD)

You will identify criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder: deceit and disregard for others' rights, impulsivity, lack of remorse, history of conduct before age 15, and intervention options.

04:54

▶ 5.2 Psychopathy and Sociopathy: In Depth

Distinguishes psychopathy, sociopathy and antisocial personality disorder clinically and forensically, and understands their neurobiological bases: frontal lobe, amygdala, cortical activation, behavioral and etiological differences.

04:24

▶ 5.3 Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

You will recognize the criteria, symptoms, and the splitting mechanism of Borderline Personality Disorder and see how Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches skills to regulate emotions and manage crises.

05:26

▶ 5.4 Histrionic Personality Disorder

Identify traits of histrionic personality disorder, differentiate it from narcissism, and apply boundaries and therapeutic techniques to foster assertiveness and more genuine relationships

05:08

▽ TOPIC 6: CLUSTER B DISORDERS - PART II: CLINICAL NARCISSISM

3 Lessons00:14:36

You will identify criteria of pathological narcissism and differentiate grandiose and vulnerable variants, understand genes and environment, recognize the role of upbringing, and use techniques to moderate grandiosity and foster empathy.

▶ 6.1 Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

You will recognize the criteria for narcissistic personality disorder: grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy, and you will learn to distinguish grandiose from vulnerable narcissism and their clinical and social relevance.

06:26

▶ 6.2 Etiology of Narcissism

You will understand how genes and environment interact in the origin of narcissism, what heritability reveals, and how parenting styles or childhood traumas can foster or protect against this personality.

04:05

▶ 6.3 Treatment of Narcissism

Therapeutic approach to narcissistic personality disorder: recognize egosyntony, manage countertransference, and apply cognitive techniques to reduce grandiosity and foster empathy and responsibility.

04:05

▽ TOPIC 7: CLUSTER C DISORDERS [ANXIOUS AND FEARFUL]

3 Lessons00:17:27

You will detect avoidant, dependent and OCPD patterns, distinguish social phobia, schizoid personality and OCD, and apply exposure, cognitive restructuring and social skills training to foster autonomy, assertiveness, flexibility and delegation

▶ 7.1 Avoidant Personality Disorder

You will identify the criteria for avoidant personality disorder, how to distinguish it from social phobia and schizoid personality disorder, and treatment with gradual exposure, cognitive restructuring, and social skills training.

06:11 🔒

▶ 7.2 Dependence Personality Disorder

You will identify traits of dependent personality disorder, recognize risks of abusive relationships, and learn therapeutic strategies to foster autonomy, assertiveness and decision making.

05:15 🔒

▶ 7.3 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)

Identify traits of OCPD and how it differs from OCD, and learn practical strategies to increase flexibility, tolerate imperfection, delegate tasks, and complete projects more effectively.

06:01 🔒

▽ TOPIC 8: PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS

1 Lessons00:04:55

Master the SCID structured clinical interview, interpret psychometric tests to triangulate diagnosis, and learn to identify and correct biases such as the halo effect and attribution error

▶ 8.1 Assessment Tools

Master the SCID structured clinical interview, the use of psychometric tests to triangulate diagnosis, and how to detect and avoid biases such as the halo effect and attribution error.

04:55 🔒

▽ TOPIC 9: INTEGRATIVE THEORETICAL MODELS

2 Lessons00:10:22

Classifies disorders using four personality polarities and explains how Big Five neuroticism and agreeableness predispose and shape their emergence across life contexts.

▶ 9.1 The Evolutionary Theory of Theodore Millon

You will recognize the four evolutionary polarities of personality: pleasure and pain, active and passive, self and others, and thinking and feeling, and you will learn to use them to explain and classify disorders.

06:13 🔒

▶ 9.2 The Big Five Model (Big Five)

You will identify how Big Five traits, especially neuroticism and agreeableness, predispose and shape the emergence of personality disorders across life contexts.

04:09 🔒

▽ TOPIC 10: RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS WITH NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITIES

2 Lessons00:10:43

Spot love bombing, idealization, egocentrism and narcissistic victim mentality in partners and parents, recognize the idealize and devalue cycle, lack of empathy, blame shifting and isolation tactics to protect your network.

▶ 10.1 Early Identification (Red Flags)

Recognize love bombing, idealization, egocentrism, and narcissistic victimhood in partners and parents, and learn how these dynamics manipulate and harm relationships and self-esteem.

05:29 🔒

▶ 10.2 Toxicity in Coexistence

Identify the cycle of idealization and devaluation, lack of empathy, blame shifting and isolation tactics used by narcissists to spot abuse and protect your support network.

05:14 🔒

▽ TOPIC 11: PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE AND ITS FORMS

2 Lessons00:09:14

Identify forms and signs of intimate partner violence: physical, sexual, financial, emotional, verbal and cultural. Learn to spot gaslighting, its impact on mental health and how to rebuild your confidence.

▶ 11.1 Typologies of Abuse in Pathological Relationships

You will recognize forms of partner violence: physical, sexual, financial, emotional, verbal and cultural abuse, their tactics and signs to identify it and protect yourself.

05:15 🔒

▶ 11.2 The Gaslighting Phenomenon

How to identify gaslighting: what it is, tactics abusers use and its impact on mental health, so you can recognize it and rebuild your confidence.

03:59 🔒

▽ TOPIC 12: BOUNDARY AND NEEDS MANAGEMENT

2 Lessons00:10:13

You will identify and set physical and emotional boundaries, recognize signs of narcissism, and apply assertive responses with consequences to restore your well being and identity.

▶ 12.1 Boundary Setting (Boundaries)

How to identify and set physical and emotional boundaries, respond to narcissistic intrusions, and use assertive actions with clear consequences to protect your well-being.

05:53 🔒

▶ 12.2 Identifying Unmet Needs

You will recognize your emotional needs in a partnership, spot signs of a narcissistic dynamic that silences them, and learn practical steps to restore your well-being and sense of identity.

04:20 🔒

▽ TOPIC 13: THE RUPTURE AND EXIT PROCESS

3 Lessons00:13:58

You will spot signs of narcissistic abuse and loss of identity, understand how fear, guilt and obligation keep the FOG alive, and learn to cut contact or use minimal contact to recover.

▶ 13.1 Signs to Leave the Relationship

You will identify signs a relationship is harming you physically and mentally, how to recognize loss of identity and constant fear, and when to leave for your safety and well being.

04:37 🔒

▶ 13.2 The Mental Fog (FOG: Fear, Obligation, Guilt)

You will identify how Fear, Obligation and Guilt sustain FOG in narcissistic relationships and how that abuse alters the hippocampus and amygdala, causing confusion, poor memory and hypervigilance.

04:15 🔒

▶ 13.3 The Zero Contact Strategy

How to cut off all contact to recover, manage emotional withdrawal, and use no contact or the Gray Rock strategy when children or legal matters are involved

05:06 🔒

▽ TOPIC 14: RECOVERY AND PREVENTION

3 Lessons00:12:33

You will gain tools to recognize grief stages, spot risks and close cycles, rebuild supportive relationships after an abusive relationship through therapy and support groups, and design preventive socioemotional interventions.

▶ 14.1 Grieving after the Toxic Relationship

You will recognize the stages of grief after a breakup: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance and learn to spot relapse risks and steps to close the cycle and restore well-being.

04:40 🔒

▶ 14.2 Support Systems and Reconstruction

How to rebuild an emotional support network after an abusive relationship: revive selective bonds that validate your experience, seek therapy to heal guilt, and join support groups to share and sustain recovery.

03:56 🔒

▶ 14.3 Relapse and Criminal Recidivism Prevention

How to develop socioemotional competencies and design interventions that prevent disorders and reduce recidivism in antisocial profiles.

03:57 🔒

▽ TOPIC 15: IN-DEPTH PARENTING AND DEVELOPMENTAL STYLES

3 Lessons00:11:51

You will distinguish the effects of strict and permissive parenting on self-esteem, self-regulation, and academic performance, and apply a democratic style to prevent risky behaviors.

▶ 15.1 Parenting Styles I: Authoritarian and Permissive

You will identify how strict discipline and permissive parenting affect self esteem, self regulation and academic performance, and what emotional and behavioral consequences they produce.

04:14 🔒

▶ 15.2 Parenting Styles II: Democratic and Negligent (Uninvolved)

How to apply a democratic parenting style: combine warmth with reasonable limits, involve the child in setting rules, and avoid neglect that harms self esteem and encourages risky behavior

03:52 🔒

▶ 15.3 The Genesis of Narcissism in Childhood

You will learn why children around age 8 begin to judge their self worth, how parental overvaluation or hostility can foster narcissism, and which signs to watch for to intervene early.

03:45 🔒

▽ TOPIC 16: DOWNLOAD PDF DOCUMENTATION

1 Lessons00:00:00

📥 19.1 Discard PDF Documentation

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Frequently asked questions about Psychology Personality Disorders

What types of personality disorders are studied?

The course covers the complete DSM 5 classification, divided into three main groups. Group A [odd or eccentric] includes paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal. Group B [dramatic or erratic] encompasses antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic. Finally, Group C [anxious or fearful] covers avoidant, dependent, and obsessive compulsive disorders.

What types of personality disorders are there?

The DSM 5 groups them into three clusters. Cluster A [odd/eccentric]: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal. Cluster B [dramatic/erratic]: Antisocial, Borderline [BPD], Histrionic, Narcissistic. Cluster C [anxious/fearful]: Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive Compulsive.

Can personality disorders be cured?

More than a definitive [cure], the goal is effective treatment and management. With specialized psychotherapy [such as dialectical behavior therapy for BPD] and, in some cases, medication, people can significantly reduce their symptoms, improve their daily functioning, and lead a full and stable life.

What is the difference between borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder?

This is a common confusion. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder with cyclical episodes of mania and depression that can last for weeks. Borderline personality disorder [BPD] is a personality disorder characterized by very rapid mood changes [in hours] reactive to interpersonal situations and an intense fear of abandonment.

How is a personality disorder diagnosed?

The diagnosis should be made by a mental health professional [psychologist or psychiatrist] through a comprehensive evaluation. It is based on the clinical history, interviews, and the observation of long term behavioral patterns that cause significant distress, ruling out other medical causes or substance use.