Midterm #3 - Personality Flashcards
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personality disorder
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- persistent pattern of emotions, cognitions, behaviour resulting in enduring emotional distress for affected person and others
- characteristics have to be life-long for diagnosis
- impairment in functioning
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categorical understanding
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- either have it or you don’t
- perspective in DSM-5
3
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continuum understanding
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- we’re all on a continuum of all personality traits
4
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cluster A disorders
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- paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
- odd or eccentric
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cluster B disorders
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- borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, antisocial
- dramatic, emotional, or erratic
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cluster C disorders
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- dependent, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive
- anxious or fearful
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paranoid personality disorder
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- suspicious/mistrustful of others without justification
- NOT delusions
- argumentative, may complain, quiet, hostile toward others, suicidal, sensitive to criticism
- don’t usually want treatment
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schizoid personality disorder
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- detachment from social relationships, no desire to enjoy closeness with others
- extreme social indifference, no distress from isolation
- could look like schizophrenia, need to rule out psychotic features
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schizotypal personality disorder
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- social deficits, psychotic-like symptoms, cognitive impairments
- similar to schizophrenia, less severe
- magical thinking, ideas of reference
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narcissistic personality disorders
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- unreasonable sense of self-importance, grandiosity
- no compassion for others, form relationships for personal gain
- usually seek therapy for other areas of functioning
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antisocial personality disorder
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- aggressive, lying, cheating, no remorse, violate social norms
- usually involved in criminal justice system
- overlap in psychopathy
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borderline personality disorder
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- one of the most common and well-researched, stigmatized
- turbulent relationships, fear abandonment, emotional dysregulation, intense emotions
- engage in suicidal behaviours
- highly comorbid
13
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______ is a precursor for antisocial personality disorder
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- conduct disorder
14
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2 disorders that often get misdiagnosed as each other
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- bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder
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causes of BPD
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- genetics, related to mood disorders
- childhood abuse and trauma = invalidating
- higher in females because of greater experience of abuse
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BPD treatments
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- antipsychotics and antidepressants
- dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
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dialectical behaviour therapy
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- mindfulness
- distress tolerance
- interpersonal effectiveness: get needs met while also respecting others
- emotional regulation
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histrionic personality disorder
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- dramatic, theatrical, self-centred, vain, seek constant reassurance
- high diagnosis in women due to Western stereotypes
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avoidant personality disorder
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- interpersonally anxious, fear rejection/criticism, pessimistic about future
- fear of relationships, may have one relationship they cling to
- desire relationships but too fearful
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avoidant personality disorder treatment
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- gradual CBT
- exposure
- changing maladaptive beliefs
- cognitive restructuring
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dependent personality disorder
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- interpersonally dependent and anxious
- can’t function without person they’re attached to
- end up in harmful relationships
- need reassurance, feelings of inadequacy
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therapy for dependent personality disorder
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- work on beliefs and build self-esteem
- try not to have client develop a dependent relationship on the therapist
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obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
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- rigid inflexibility in thinking patterns and behaviours
- obsession with making list but can’t act, need everything to be perfect
- poor interpersonal relationships
- can’t ask for help
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magical thinking
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- person believe they have special abilities
- belief that specific words, thoughts, emotions, or rituals can influence the external world
