Lecture 10: Personality Disorders

Question 1

What characterises a cluster A personality disorder in the DSM V?

Answer 1

Odd/eccentric personality disorders
eg; schizoid, schizotypal, paranoid

Question 2

What characterises a cluster B personality disorder in the DSM V?

Answer 2

Dramatic/erratic personality disorders
eg; BPD, histrionic, antisocial, narcissism

HANB

Question 3

What characterises a cluster C personality disorder in the DSM V?

Answer 3

Anxious/fearful personality disorders
eg; dependent, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive

OAD

Question 4

What is the cluster and disorder: distrust, suspiciousness, believes others’ are out to get them

Answer 4

Cluster A: paranoid personality disorder

Question 5

What is the cluster and disorder: detachment from social relationships, restricted emotional expression

Answer 5

Cluster A: schizoid personality disorder

Question 6

What is the cluster and disorder: discomfort in close relations, cognitive/perceptual distortion, erratic behaviour

Answer 6

Cluster A: schizotypal personality disorder

Question 7

What is the cluster and disorder:
excessive emotionality and attention seeking

Answer 7

Cluster B: histrionic personality disorder

Question 8

What is the cluster and disorder:
grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy

Answer 8

Cluster B: narcissistic personality disorder

Question 9

What is the cluster and disorder:
disregard for, and violation of, others’ rights

Answer 9

Cluster B: antisocial personality disorder

Question 9

What is the cluster and disorder:
instability in relationships, self-image and affects, impulsivity

Answer 9

Cluster B: borderline personality disorder

Question 10

What is the cluster and disorder:
submissive/clingy, excessive need to be taken care of

Answer 10

Cluster C: dependent personality disorder

Question 10

What is the cluster and disorder:
social inhibition, inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

Answer 10

Cluster C: avoidant personality disorder

Question 11

What is the cluster and disorder:
pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism and control

Answer 11

Cluster C: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Question 12

What do the findings of twin studies suggest the heritability of personality disorders is?

Answer 12

Approximately 33%

Question 13

What is the leading and most widely recommended treatment for personality disorders?

Answer 13

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Question 14

What is the proposed alternative way to diagnose personality disorders without the current categories in the DSM V?

Answer 14

Using spectrums of the Big 5 personality traits (trait-based approach)
eg; extremely low agreeableness score reminiscent of antisocial pd

Question 15

What are the significant impairments that Criterion A of the DSM-V Section III Model describes?

Answer 15

Self-functioning: identity integration or productive behaviour
and
Interpersonal functioning: empathy or intimacy

Question 16

What are the five trait facets of Criterion B of the DSM-V Section III Model? (the bad five)

Answer 16

1. Negative affectivity (elevation in neuroticism)
2. Detachment (extreme introversion)
3. Antagonism (low level of agreeableness)
4. Disinhibition (low level of conscientiousness)
5. Psychoticism (elevation in openness)

Question 17

What does the textbook mean by stating that personality disorders are social, stable and ego-syntonic?

Answer 17

Social: they manifest in interactions with others
Stable: persist through life
Ego-syntonic: people may not realise they have a pd, or think they need treatment