FINISHED Personality disorders

Question 1

What are the three cluster A personality disorders?

Answer 1

Paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal (“weird”)

Question 2

What are the four cluster B personality disorders?

Answer 2

Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic (“wild”)

Question 3

What are the three cluster C personality disorders?

Answer 3

Avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, and dependent (“worried”)

Question 4

What are the general features of cluster A personality disorders?

Answer 4

Odd or eccentric; inability to develop meaningful social relationships; no psychosis; genetic association with schizophrenia

Question 5

What are the general features of cluster B personality disorders?

Answer 5

Dramatic, emotional or erratic; genetic association with mood disorders and substance use

Question 6

What are the general features of cluster C personality disorders?

Answer 6

Anxious or fearful; genetic association with anxiety disorders

Question 7

Pervasive distrust/suspiciousness of others and a cynical view of the world are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 7

Paranoid

Question 8

Voluntary social withdrawal, limited emotional expression, and being content with social isolation are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 8

Schizoid

Question 9

Eccentric appearance, odd beliefs, magical thinking, and interpersonal awkwardness are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 9

Schizotypal

Question 10

Disregard for and violation of the rights of others, lack of remorse, criminality, and impulsivity are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 10

Antisocial

Question 11

Adolescents with conduct disorder are most likely to have which personality disorder as adults?

Answer 11

Antisocial

Question 12

Unstable mood and interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, self-mutilation, suicidality, a tendency towards splitting as a defense mechanism, and a sense of emptiness are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 12

Borderline

Question 13

Excessive emotionality and excitability, attention seeking, being sexually provocative, and being overly concerned with appearance are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 13

Histrionic

Question 14

Grandiosity, sense of entitlement, lacking of empathy, requiring excessive admiration, demanding the “best,” and reacting to criticism with rage are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 14

Narcissistic

Question 15

Hypersensitivity to rejection, social inhibition, timidness, feelings of inadequacy, and desiring relationships with others are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 15

Avoidant

Question 16

Preoccupation with order, perfectionism, and control along with being ego-syntonic are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 16

Obsessive compulsive

Question 17

Submissiveness, clinginess, excessive need to be taken care of, and low self-confidence are features of which personality disorder?

Answer 17

Dependent

Question 18

What are the general features of paranoid personality disorder?

Answer 18

Pervasive distrust/suspiciousness of others and a cynical view of the world

Question 19

What are the general features of schizoid personality disorder?

Answer 19

Voluntary social withdrawal, limited emotional expression, and being content with social isolation

Question 20

What are the general features of schizotypal personality disorder?

Answer 20

Eccentric appearance, odd beliefs, magical thinking, and interpersonal awkwardness

Question 21

What are the general features of antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 21

Disregard for and violation of the rights of others, lack of remorse, criminality, and impulsivity

Question 22

What are the general features of borderline personality disorder?

Answer 22

Unstable mood and interpersonal relationships, impulsivity, self-mutilation, suicidality, a tendency towards splitting as a defense mechanism, and a sense of emptiness

Question 23

What are the general features of histrionic personality disorder?

Answer 23

Excessive emotionality and excitability, attention seeking, being sexually provocative, and being overly concerned with appearance

Question 24

What are the general features of narcissistic personality disorder?

Answer 24

Grandiosity, sense of entitlement, lacking of empathy, requiring excessive admiration, demanding the “best,” and reacting to criticism with rage

Question 25

What are the general features of avoidant personality disorder?

Answer 25

Hypersensitivity to rejection, social inhibition, timidness, feelings of inadequacy, and desiring relationships with others

Question 26

What are the general features of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

Answer 26

Preoccupation with order, perfectionism, and control along with being ego-syntonic

Question 27

What are the general features of dependent personality disorder?

Answer 27

Submissiveness, clinginess, excessive need to be taken care of, and low self-confidence