1: Ep. 1 Personality Function, Dysfunction, & the Social Domains Organisation of Mentalizing Processes

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.25233
In this three-part Papers Podcast, Professor Jonathan Hill discusses his JCPP paper ‘The social domains organization of mentalizing processes in adolescents: a contribution to the conceptualization of personality function and dysfunction in young people’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13838).
Part One explores the controversy surrounding personality function and dysfunction.
Discussion points include:

• Definition of personality functioning and dysfunction.
• The subjective experience of personality dysfunction and impact on life choices.
• How to differentiate personality function and dysfunction.
• How to differentiate between normal adolescent changes and personality dysfunction.
• The developmental factors are associated with the emergence of personality dysfunction.

In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.