General

Question 0

What are features of pers dis?

Answer 0

Enduring
Pervasive 
Maladaptive pers/social functioning
Inflexible 
Not always distressing

Question 1

Where are pers dis most apparent?

Answer 1

Interpersonal relationships

Question 2

Pers disorder can also be described as disorder of the….

Answer 2

Self

Question 3

What is the relationship between pers disorder and culture!

Answer 3

Influenced by culture

Fall outside social norms

Question 4

What describes cluster a disorders?

Answer 4

Psychotic
Odd
Eccentric

Question 5

What is pervasively impaired on cluster a dis?

Answer 5

Reality testing

Question 6

Which cluster is described as internalising?

Answer 6

C

Question 7

Which cluster is anxious and fearful?

Answer 7

C

Question 8

Which cluster is externalising?

Answer 8

B

Question 9

What describes cluster b?

Answer 9

Dramatic
Emotional
Erratic

Question 10

Which cluster is borderline pd?

Answer 10

B

Question 11

Which cluster is dependent?

Answer 11

C

Question 12

Which 3 types are in cluster a?

Answer 12

Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Question 13

Which 4 types are in cluster b?

Answer 13

Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic

Question 14

Which cluster do obsessive compulsive and avoidant belong?

Answer 14

C

Question 15

Why can’t you diagnose in childhood early adol?

Answer 15

Bec personality still developing and fluctuating

Not a strong idea of self

Question 16

Which pd are usually primary diagnoses?

Answer 16

Bpd and antisocial

Question 17

Why would co morbidity with mood anxiety and substance abuse influence the diagnosis?

Answer 17

Bec there may be an underlying personality based disorder responsible for this behaviour

Question 18

Why use a categorical system of classifying pd

Answer 18

Categories describe behaviour different from psych healthy behaviour. Categories address issues of ‘kind’ of problems

Question 19

What are the advantages of categories?

Answer 19

Convenience

Simplification

Question 20

What is a dimensional system for pd?

Answer 20

Pd are seen as extreme versions of normal personality variants

Question 21

What are the advantages of dimensional plus categorical system?

Answer 21

1. gives more info about individual
2. Is more flexible
3. avoid arbitrary assignment to categories

Question 22

How does gender relate to pd?

Answer 22

Bias in diagnoses
Differences in help seeking behaviour
Tolerance of behaviour in a culture

Question 23

Which pd have a higher prevalence of women?

Answer 23

Histrionic
Avoidant
Dependent

Question 24

Which pd are more prevalent in men?

Answer 24

Schizoid 
Schizotypal
Antisocial
Narcissistic
Obsessive compulsive

Question 25

What does ideas of reference mean

Answer 25

Mistaken beliefs that meaningless events relate just to them

Question 26

Which pd have ideas of reference

Answer 26

Paranoid

Schizotypal

Question 27

Do cluster a pd show both positive and negative symptoms of psychosis

Answer 27

Paranoid - both pos and neg
Schizoid - only neg
Schizotypal- only pos

Question 28

What does co-morbidity of the pd suggest

Answer 28

That the meaningfulness of the cluster system of pd is undermined eg person diagnosed w paranoid is much more likely to be also diagnosed with bpd

Question 29

What casts doubt on the cluster system

Answer 29

The comorbidity of diff pd from diff clusters

Question 30

What will a dimensional approach do

Answer 30

Less likely to discard relevant info
More accurate
More true to the phenomenon than a cat model

Question 31

Which dimensional model does widigier propose is most suitable dimensional model

Answer 31

Big 5 factor Bec pd can be seen as extremes of normal personality

Question 32

What is an endophenotype

Answer 32

Underlying aspects of a disorder that are directly influenced by genes eg that regulate serotonin levels or lack of fear as seen in individual with antisocial pd

Question 33

Which pers disorder is common in clinical setting and culture

Answer 33

Bpd