Cluster A Flashcards
What are clinical features of Cluster A paranoid personality disorder?
Pervasive and unjustified distrust and suspicion of everyone (may include family
Secretive and isolated
Emotionally cold and odd/affectively restricted
No psychotic symptoms
Often hostile and angry
higher in minorities immigrants and deaf
What are treatment options for paranoid PD?
Few seek professional help on their own
Individual/Group therapy
Cognitive therapy
psychopharmilogical intervention
What are clinical features of Schizoid PD?
detachment from social relationships. loner
Restricted emotions
indifferent to praise or criticism
little interest in sexual experience
Fear of intimacy
What are Tx for schizoid PD?
Few seek professional help on their own
Individual/Group therapy
Cognitive therapy
psychopharmilogical intervention
What are the comorbities of Schizoid PDs?
Schizotypal, Paranoid, and Avoidant PD’s.
What are culture cause of schizoid PDs?
moving from rural to metropolitan environments; immigrants from other countries
What are clinical features of schizotypal PDs?
Discomfort with social relationships
Behavior and dress is odd
Highly suspicious and paranoid
peculiar patterns of thinking: magical thinking, ideas of reference, and illusions (unlike schizoid PD)
odd speech
Major depression
short lived psychotic episodes
What are causes of schzotypal PDs?
continuum with schizophrenia
generalized brain deficits on MRI
What are treatment options of Schizotypal PD?
Group Therapy with social skills training
Cognitive therapy
Comorbid depression
Low dose antipsychotic
What are the cluster A PD?
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
