BC Flashcards
Recurrent or persistent episodes of a sense of unreality with detachment from oneself or one’s environment
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
Inability to recall autobiographical information
Symptoms of dissociative amnesia and wandering or purposeful travel = dissociative fugue
Dissociative Amnesia
Amnesia of identity and recent events
Confusion
Impulsive traveling away from home
Dissociative Fugue
Alternation of at least two separate personality states that dominate at different times
Frequent gaps in the recall of normal daily events or personal information
Significant social/occupational impairment
Symptoms not a result of substance abuse or other psychiatric disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
acute onset of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or catatonic behavior that usually develops after stressful life events.
Brief psychotic disorder
disorder consisting of delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms (flat affect, avolition, social withdrawal) for 6 months or longer
Schizophrenia
Exploit and violate the rights of others
Break rules to meet their own needs
Lack empathy and remorse for their actions
Conduct disorder in childhood/adolescence
Arrests, court, or prison
Legal violations
Appear charming at the first meeting
Antisocial
Unstable moods, behaviors, and interpersonal relationships
Fear abandonment
Poorly formed identity
Short, extreme love-hate dating relationships
Relationships begin with intense attachment and end with the slightest conflict
Cutting wrists, suicide gestures
Borderline
Splitting defense mechanism assoc
Borderline
Attention-seeking behavior Excessive emotionality Sexually inappropriate Dramatic Scantily clad Provocative behavior Theatrical behavior Regression defense mechanism
Histrionic
Superiority, grandiosity Need for admiration Lack of empathy Exploit others for own gain Fragile self-esteem Demand the “best” React to criticism with rage
Narcissistic
Narcissistic assoc to
Familial association with mood disorders