F Flashcards
Odd thinking and eccentric behavior
● Paranoid personality disorder
● Schizoid personality disorder
● Schizotypal personality disorder
CLUSTER A “BAD”
Dramatic and erratic behavior
● Antisocial personality disorder
● Borderline personality disorder
● Histrionic personality disorder
● Narcissistic personality disorder
CLUSTER B “MAD”
Dramatic and erratic behavior
● Antisocial personality disorder
● Borderline personality disorder
● Histrionic personality disorder
● Narcissistic personality disorder
CLUSTER B
Severe anxiety and fear
● Avoidant personality disorder
● Dependent personality disorder
● Obsessive-compulsive disorder
CLUSTER C “SAD”
s a relatively stable and enduring set of
characteristic cognitive, behavioral and emotional
traits.
Personality
an extreme set of
characteristics that goes beyond the range found in
most people.
A personality disorder
deceit, coercion, or
intimidation)
Dysfunctional relationship
Doubt’s trustworthiness of others or loyalty of friends
and others.
● Fear of confiding in others
PARANOID PD (PERVASIVE MISTRUST & SUSPICIOUSNESS)
Pervasive detachment from social relationships
● Restricted range of emotional expression in
interpersonal setting
● Does not want to be involved in relationship
SCHIZOID PD (PERVASIVE DETACHMENT FROM SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS)
Has idea of reference
● Magical thinking and odd beliefs
● Unusual perceptual experiences, including body
illusions
● Odd thinking and vague, stereotypical and incoherent
speech
SCHIZOTYPAL PD (PERVASIVE PATTERN OF SOCIAL AND
INTERPERSONAL DEFICITS)
ERRATIC- DRAMATIC
CLUSTER B :
Failure to sustain the relationship.
● Impulsive actions.
● Low tolerance to frustration.
● Tendency to cause violence.
ANTI- SOCIAL PD (CHRONIC ANTI- SOCIAL BEHAVIOR VIOLATES
OTHER RIGHTS)
Unstable relationship
● Unstable self-image
● Unstable emotions
● Impulsivity
BORDERLINE PD (PERVASIVE PATTERN OF UNSTABLE
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. SELF-IMAGE, AND AFFECT, AS
WELL AS MARKED IMPULSIVITY.)
Dramatic emotionality (emotional black mail, angry
scenes, demonstrative suicide attempts.)
● Attention seeking behavior.
● Lack of considerations for other
● Self-dramatization
HISTRIONIC PD (PERVASIVE PATTERN OF EXCESSIVE
EMOTIONALITY AND ATTENTION SEEKING BEHAVIOR AND ARE ARAWN
TO MOMENTARY EXCITEMENT AND FLEETING ADVENTURE)
Attention seeking
● Dramatic behavior
● Unable to face criticism
● Lack of empathy
● Arrogances
● Exploitative behavior
NARCISSISTIC PD (CHARACTERIZED BY A PERVASIVE PATTERN OF
GRANDIOSITY IN FANTASV OR BEHAVIOR’ NEED FOR ADMIRATION.
AND LACK OF EMPATHY)
ANXIOUS FEARFUL BEHAVIORS
CLUSTER C:
Fear of disapproval or rejection
● Unwillingness to become involved with people
● Shyness
● Insecurity
AVOIDANT PD (PERVASIVE PATTERN OF SOCIAL DISCOMFORT AND
RETICENCE, LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND HYPERSENSITIVITY TO
NEGATIVE EVALUATION
Feeling uncomfortable and helplessness.
● inability to make decisions
● Low self esteem and lack of self-confidence.
● Hypersensitivity
DEPENDENT PD ( CHARACTERIZE BY AN EXTREME NEED TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF, WHICH LEADS TO SUBMISSIVENESS AND FEAR OF
SEPARATION OR REJECTION)
(CHARACTERIZED BY A PERVASIVE
PATTERN OF PREOCCUPATION WITH PERFECTIONISM, MENTAL AND
CONTROL, ORDERLINESS AT THE EXPENSE OF FLEXIBILITY,
OPENNESS AND EFFICIENCY)
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE PD
Preoccupation with orderliness
● Feeling of excessive doubt and caution
● Perfectionism
● High standards
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE PD
Pattern of negative attitudes and passive resistance to
demands for adequate performance in social and occupational
situations.
PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE
DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS
Early traumatic experience
● Losses suffered by the attachment figure.
● Childhood abuse.
● Sexual abuse.
● Lack of parental care.
SOCIAL CULTURAL FACTORS
Long term psychiatric problems.
● Chronic institutionalization
● Immigration
● Lack of close family ties which promotes loneliness.
ncrease the likelihood of aggression and
sexual behaviour.
Androgens increase
commonly used
10-item measure to screen for BDP. This measure
was developed as a very brief paper-and-pencil test
to detect possible BDP in people who are seeking
treatment or who have a history of treatment.
McLean Screening Instrument for borderline
personality disorder (MSI-BPD)
used for patients who have already been
diagnosed with BPD to see if there have been any
changes over time.
ZARINI RATING SCALE
consists of 99 true or false
questions that can help screen for different personality
disorders, including borderline personality diosorder.
PDQ-4
Their
dedication and hard work have yielded an
authoritative volume that defines and classifies mental
disorders in order to improve diagnoses, treatment,
and research.
The new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorder (DSM-5
Aggression/ Impulsivity
Affective aggression
(normal)
DOC?
Lithium
Anticonvulsants
Low-dose antipsychotics
Predatory (hostility/cruelty)
Drug of Choice
Antipsychotics
Lithium
Psychotic symptoms
Acute and psychosis DOC?
Antipsychotics
Low-dose
antipsychotics
A subgroup of children and adolescents with conduct
disorder are characterized by severe and persistent
aggression.
LITHIUM
s used to treat conditions
such as certain types of seizure caused by epilepsy
this includes partial seizure, generalized tonic clonic
(grand mal) seizures and mixed seizure pattern.
CARBAMAZEPINE (TEGRETOL)
benzodiazepine that is used
predominantly in epilepsy, panic disorder, and mania,
and also appears to be effective in relieving
antipsychotic drug-induced akathisia
CLONAZEPAM
e helpful for decreasing
severe anger and mood lability, that does not respond
to antidepressants
VALPROATE (DEPAKOTE)
commonly prescribed for patients with severe
mental illness, such as schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder, but their use in the context of co-occurring
substance use disorders is highly controversial
BENZODIAZEPINES
drug used to treat schizophrenia that
acts in the brain. It’s also called a typical antipsychotic
or a first-generation antipsychotic (FGA)
HALOPERIDOL (HALDOL)