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Personality theory for psychiatrists — structured clinical viva
Personality theory for psychiatrists — structured clinical viva
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You are the psychiatry registrar. The consultant asks you to teach personality theory using: (1) a 24-year-old with high neuroticism and recurrent depression; (2) a 33-year-old with identity diffusion, splitting, and team splits; (3) a 61-year-old with 18 months of new disinhibition. Cover FFM, Cloninger outline, AMPD A/B, ICD-11 severity, internalising–externalising/HiTOP links, assessment, and pitfalls.
Opening definitions
Personality: enduring patterns of thought, affect, impulse, and relating. Traits: dimensional individual differences; FFM domains OCEAN are the workhorse descriptive system with cross-method support.[1] Temperament vs character: Cloninger’s temperament (novelty seeking, harm avoidance, reward dependence, persistence) and character (self-directedness, cooperativeness, self-transcendence) remain viva currency.[5]
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