Cluster A: A Self Analysis

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It surprised me that personality traits were included in the DSM. In some ways, I think it stigmatizes individuals who don’t quite fit in. However, due to the emphasis on the disorder causing clinical distress, I think it has the capacity to be helpful. After exploring the dimensional alternative in the DSM, I gained a clearer understanding of the three clusters of personality disorders. Cluster A, marked by eccentricities, also has the common trait of detachment in all of its disorders. As I created the artwork, I noticed how it and the schizophrenia spectrum disorders had so many criteria in common. I created this layer solely from tissue paper to emphasize these similarities. I continued this concept for Cluster B’s dramatic, emotional,