Dozois 12- Personality Disorders

Question 1

Is a pattern of distrust and suspiciousness such the others’ motives are interpreted as malevolent

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paranoid personality disorder

Question 2

Is a pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression

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Schizoid personality disorder

Question 3

Is a pattern of acute discomfort in close relationships, cognitive or perceptual distortions, and eccentricities of behavior

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Schizotypal personality disorder

Question 4

Is a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others

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antisocial personality disorder

Question 5

Is a pattern of instability in interpersonal. relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity

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Borderline personality disorder

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Is a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking.

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Histrionic personality disorder

Question 7

Is a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy

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Narcissistic personality disorder

Question 8

Is a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

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Avoidant personality disorder

Question 9

Is a pattern of submissive and clinging behavior. related to an excessive need to be taken care of

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dependant personality disorder

Question 10

Is a pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

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Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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Odd and eccentric disorders (paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal

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Cluster A

Question 12

dramatic, emotional, or erratic disorders (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic)

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Cluster B

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anxious and fearful disorders (avoidant, dependent, and obsessive-compulsive)

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Cluster C

Question 14

Patterns of highly maladaptive personality traits known as …

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Personality disorders

Question 15

These cross-situationally consistent and persistent features are described by personality theorists as…

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traits

Question 16

A research method used after someone dies by suicide and involves comprehensive (often structured) interviews with others in the life of the deceased (e.g., family, partners, friends) as well ass those involved in their health care to obtain detailed information about the deceased individual and what might have contributed to the individual’s suicide.

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psychological autopises

Question 17

Do not view their personality disorder as problematic

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egosyntonic

Question 18

personality disorder causes distress and is viewed by the individual as problematic

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egodystonic

Question 19

similarity of symptoms in two or more different disorders

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overlap

Question 20

concerning the motives of other people and a tendency to interpret what other say and do as personally meaningful in a negative way

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suspiciousness

Question 21

Individual with this condition seem completely uninterested in having any sort of intimate involvement with others, and display little in the way of emotional responsiveness

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schizoid personality disorder

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Presenting feature of individuals with this disorder are eccentricity of thought and behavior

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schizotypal personality disorder

Question 23

Individuals thus identified have been referred to as psychopaths, sociopaths

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antisocial personality disorder

Question 24

only a subset of symptoms or behaviors is required for a diagnosis, unlike most medical diagnoses

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polythetic approach

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Antisocial Personality disorder

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APD/ASPD

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That individuals with APD have a higher threshold for feeling than do other people

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Fearless hypothesis

Question 27

indifferent to physical punishment or oppositional to such attempts at controlling them

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Oppositional behavior

Question 28

Characterized by instability across various domains of personality functioning, self injury

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borderline personality disorder

Question 29

The major presenting features of individuals with schizotypal personality disorder are BLANK of thought and behavior

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eccentricity

Question 30

Treatment must be responsive or matched to a particular patient's needs and interpersonal style.

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responsively factor

Question 31

Therapy developed by Marsha Linehan 1992, for women engaaged in self-injury and suicidal behaviors. Has showed to be effective with Borderline Personality disorder (BPD)

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Dialectical Behavior therapy (DBT)