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9. Personality Disorders Flashcards

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DSM-V characterises personality traits as

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Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself

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2 Key features of Personality Traits

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  1. Unique to the individual
  2. Relatively stable over time
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DF: Personalities that deviate from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is pervasive and inflexible, and leads to distress or impairment

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Personality disorders

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DSM-V General Diagnostic Criteria:
Enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from expressions of the individual’s culture… Manifested in 2 (or more) of the following:
1.__
2.__
3.__
4.__

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  1. Cognition
  2. Affectivity
  3. Interpersonal functioning
  4. Impulse control
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4 Key features of PDs

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  1. Inflexible and rigid
  2. Maladaptive
  3. Causes functional impairment
  4. Causes significant distress
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________ model of Personality: Disordered traits are an extreme form of “normal” traits. It depends on the degree of the trait.

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Dimensional

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_______ model of Personality: Personality disorders are qualitatively different from “normal” behaviours. You either have it or you don’t.

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Categorical

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Personality disorders affect ___-___% of the general population

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0.5-2.5%

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PD Cluster __: Odd or eccentric disorders

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PD Cluster __: Dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders

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B

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PD Cluster __: Anxious or fearful disorders

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C

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PD Cluster __: Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcisstic

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B

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PD Cluster __: Avoidant, dependant, obsessive-compulsive

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C

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PD Cluster __: Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
0.5-4.4% prevalence
Excessively suspicious of others
Interprets benign events as threatening
Hostile and antagonistic
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Paranoid; A

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
1-4.9%
Detachment from and disinterest in social attachments
Limited emotional expression
Under high levels of stress
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Schizoid; A

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
1-5.%
Social deficits and discomfort
Unusual beliefs and behaviour
Ideas of reference that do not reach the level of psychosis
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Schizotypal; A

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
1.2%
Excessive but shallow emotionality
Dramatic presentation
Attention seeking behaviour
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Histrionic; B

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
1-6.2%
Grandiosity and need to be admired by others
Tendency to exploit others
Sense of entitlement
Sensitive to criticism
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Narcissistic; B

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
0-3%
Lack of concern for others
Failure to comply with social norms
Deceitfulness and lack of remorse
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Antisocial; B

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
1-6%
Unstable and intense relationships, alternating between idealisation and devaluation
Unstable affect
Impulsivity and risky behaviours
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Borderline; B

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______ PD; Cluster ___:
1-5%
Avoidance of relationships and activities
Fear of criticism and rejection
Sensitive to others opinions

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Avoidant; C

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\_\_\_\_\_\_ PD; Cluster \_\_\_:
0-2%
Pervasive need to be taken care of
Submissive and clingy behaviour
Overly passive
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Dependent; C

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______ PD; Cluster ___:
2-8%
Preoccupation with orderliness, organisation and rules
Work-focused and neglectful of leisure/social activities
Rigidly moralistic

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Obsessive-compulsive, C

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Those with Cluster ___ PDs do not seek treatment, or continue for long
- Problems forming therapeutic relationships
- Insight and motivational issues

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A

26
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_________ Hypothesis for antisocial PD: psychopaths have reduced levels of cortical arousal so they seek environmental stimulation

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Underarousal

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________ Hypothesis for antisocial PD: psychopaths have higher fear thresholds

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Fearlessness

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Main Belief of Cluster ___ PDs:
___ PD - “I cannot trust people”
___ PD - “it’s better to be isolated from others”
___ PD - “Relationships are messy, undesirable”

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Cluster A;
Paranoid;
Shizotypal;
Schzoid

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Main Belief of Cluster ___ PDs:
___ PD - “If people knew the ‘real’ me, they would reject me”
___ PD - “I need people to be survive, be happy”
___ PD - “People should do better, try harder”

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Cluster C;
Avoidant;
Dependent;
Obsessive-compulsive

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Main Belief of Cluster ___ PDs:
___ PD - “People are there to serve or admire me”
___ PD - “Since I am special, I deserve special rules”
___ PD - “I deserve to be punished”
___ PD - “I am entitled to break rules”

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Cluster B;
Histrionic;
Narcissistic;
Borderline;
Antisocial

31
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Treatment for Cluster A PDs

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  1. Antipsychotics
  2. Social Skills training
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Treatment for Cluster C PDs

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Cognitive-behavioural therapy

PSYC3314 Adult Psychopathology 2023 (12 decks)

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