(DSM) Module 16- Personality Disorders Flashcards
P.S.S. A.B.H.N. A.D.O.
Paranoid PD, Schizoid PD, Schizotypal PD
Antisocial PD, Borderline PD, Histrionic PD, Narcissistic PD
Avoidant PD, Dependent PD, Obsessive Compulsive PD
A.D.O.
Avoidant PD, Dependent PD, Obsessive Compulsive PD
P.S.S.
Paranoid PD, Schizoid PD, Schizotypal PD
A.B.H.N.
Antisocial PD, Borderline PD, Histrionic PD, Narcissistic PD
are enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts.
Personality Traits
are characterized by enduring (persistent) patterns of behavior. however, are inflexible and maladaptive. They impair personal or social functioning and are a source of distress to the individual or to other people.
Personality Disorders
Origins of Personality Disorder
- Biological factors
- Psychological factors
- Sociocultural factors
- can be caused by unstable society in fragmented in alienating times.
Sociocultural factors
- childhood experience can contribute to maladaptive ways of relating to others in
adulthood.
Psychological factors
- genetic factors are apparently involved in some personality disorders; heritable to some degree as with personality traits.
Biological factors
Personality Disorder Clusters
Cluster A, Cluster B, Cluster C
What type of disorders are in Cluster A?
Odd and Eccentric
What type of disorders are in Cluster B?
Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic Disorders
What type of disorders are in Cluster C?
Anxious and Fearful Disorders
- a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are
interpreted as malevolent. – approximately equal among men and women
Paranoid Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute
discomfort with reduced capacity for close relationships, as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities
of behavior. - slightly more common among men
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationship and a restricted
range of expression of emotions in interpersonal setting. - slightly more common among men
Schizoid Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others
- much more common among men
Antisocial Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and control over impulses. - approximately equal among men and women
Borderline Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of excessive emotion and attention seeking. - slightly more common among women
Histrionic Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy. - slightly more common among men
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency. - slightly more common among men
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and
hypersensitivity to negative emotion
Avoidant Personality Disorder
- a pervasive pattern of excessive need to be taken care of, which leads to
submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation.
Dependent Personality Disorder
Relationships are messy, undesirable.
Schizoid
I cannot trust people
Paranoid
It is better to be isolated from others.
Schizotypal
I am entitled to break rules.
Antisocial
I deserve to be punished.
Borderline
People are there to serve or admire me.
Histrionic
Since I am special, I deserve special rules.
Narcissistic
If people knew the “real me”, they would reject me
Avoidant
I need people to survive, be happy.
Dependent
People should do better, try harder
Obsessive-Compulsive
A. An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture. This pattern is manifested in two or more of the following areas:
1. Cognition
2. Affectivity
3. Interpersonal functioning.
4. Impulse control.
B. The enduring pattern is inflexible and pervasive across a broad range of personal and social situations.
C. The enduring pattern leads to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. The pattern is stable and of long duration, and its onset can be traced back at least to adolescence or early adulthood.
E. The enduring pattern is not better explained as a manifestation or consequence of another mental disorder.
F. The enduring pattern is not attributable to the physiological effects of substance or another medical condition.
General Personality Disorder