09a_Cluster A Personality Disorders

Question 1

Personality Disorder:

Overview

Answer 1

Enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior

Deviates markedly from cultural expectations

Pervasive and Inflexible

Onset in adolescence or early adulthood

Stable over time

Question 2

Personality Disorder diagnosis under the age of 18

Answer 2

Features must be present for at least 1 year

*1 Exception: ASPD diagnosis only 18yo+

Question 3

Paranoid Personality Disorder:

Essential Features

Answer 3

Distrust

Suspiciousness

Interpretation of others’ motives as malevolent

Question 4

Paranoid Personality Disorder:

Diagnostic Criteria

Answer 4

4+ characteristic symptoms

Question 5

Paranoid Personality Disorder:

Characteristic symptoms

Answer 5

Suspects that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving, without sufficient basis

Preoccupied with unjustified doubts about trustworthiness of others

Reluctant to confide in others

Reads demeaning content into benign remarks or events

Persistently bears grudges

Perceives attacks on character and quickly reacts with anger or counterattacks

**Persistently suspicious about fidelity of spouse for sexual partner without justification

Question 6

Schizoid Personality Disorder:

Essential Features

Answer 6

Detachment from interpersonal relationships

Restricted range of emotional expression in social settings

Question 7

Schizoid Personality Disorder:

Diagnostic Criteria

Answer 7

4+ characteristic symptoms

Question 8

Schizoid Personality Disorder:

Characteristic symptoms

Answer 8

Does not desire or enjoy close relationships

Almost always chooses solitary activities

Little interest in sexual relationships

Takes pleasure in few activities

Lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives

Indifferent to praise or criticism

Exhibits emotional coldness or detachment

Question 9

Schizotypal Personality Disorder:

Essential Features

Answer 9

Eccentricities in cognition, perception, and behavior

Pervasive social and interpersonal deficits

Acute discomfort and reduced capacity for close relationships

Question 10

Schizotypal Personality Disorder:

Diagnostic Criteria

Answer 10

5+ characteristic symptoms

Question 11

Schizotypal Personality Disorder:

Characteristic Symptoms

Answer 11

Ideas of reference

Odd beliefs or magical thinking that influence behavior

Bodily illusions and other unusual perceptions

Suspicious or paranoid ideation

Inappropriate or constricted affect

Peculiarities in behavior and appearance

Lacks close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives

Excessive social anxiety

Question 12

Schizotypal Personality Disorder:

Interpersonal Contact

Answer 12

Expressed desire for close personal contact, but few friends

Appear to prefer being alone