Between Temperament and Mental Disorders: Psychobiology of Consistent Behavioral Patterns

This intermediate workshop presents a condensed and comprehensive review of the neurochemical biomarkers underlying temperament traits in healthy people and symptoms of psychopathology. Participants will learn a 12-components framework that summarizes specialization within neurotransmitter systems. Participants will be offered an introduction to and practice with a screening temperament test that has been validated over the past 30 years. Examples of temperament profiles in patients with mental disorders will be reviewed based on clinical studies. Compatibility of the proposed framework with leading temperament models and DSM-ICD classifications of mental disorders will be discussed.

Original webcast date: October 1, 2020

This program is approved by the National Association of Social Workers for 2.5 continuing education contact hours.

• Explain the differences between concepts of temperament, abilities, personality, and psychopathology.
• Describe the main temperament and personality models and approaches to biobehavioral taxonomies.
• Discuss the functionality of neurochemical biomarkers of 12 universal functional aspects of behavior.

Irina N. Trofimova, PhD and William H. Sulis, MD, PhD