3: Personality disorders Flashcards
What is your personality?
Predictable patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving
no matter the time, space or context
What is the difference between a problematic trait and a disorder?
Traits are normal but may cause social problems sometimes
Disorders are chronic, persistent problems which impact daily living
Which model for describing personality is currently most favoured?
Five factor model
Which mnemonic helps you to remember the five types of personality under the five factor model?
CANOE / OCEAN
What are the five factors of personality?
OCEAN
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Which personality model has a minimal evidence base but is still widely used for some reason?
Myers-Briggs
How many criteria are there for diagnosing a personality disorder?
6
The first criteria for diagnosing a personality disorder is persistent ___ from cultural norms.
deviation
i.e you don’t behave, think or feel emotions the way most other people do
The deviations from the norm in the four areas diagnostic of personality disorder need to be ___ and causing ___ or impairment in daily function.
persistent
distress or impairment in daily function
The first criteria for diagnosing personality disorders is deviation from cultural norms in which four areas?
Cognition
Affectivity - mood and reactions to stuff
Interpersonal function - relationships
Impulse control
In personality disorders, what four areas can patients deviate in?
Cognition
Affectivity
Interpersonal function
Impulse control
Personality disorders are (flexible / inflexible), meaning they (change / don’t change) depending on the situation.
inflexible
don’t change in response to time, context or environment
Personality disorders impair a patient’s daily ___.
impair daily function
When in a patient’s life do personality disorders tend to start?
Childhood / Adolescence
To be diagnosed as a personality disorder, a patient’s behaviour cannot be explained by which factors?
Co-existing psychiatric disorder
Co-existing medical condition
Substance use
