Mod 7 personality disorders Flashcards
Personality disorders are described as:
persistent, pervasive patterns of dysfunction that violate cultural and developmental norms and causing distress/impairment across relations, setting, life domains
The two features of PDs are:
- Enduring, inflexible maladaptive behaviours that generalize and become ingrained (trait like) over time
- Symptoms might show as extreme presentations of typical personality traits
Compared to anxiety or PTSD, PD’s are less _____ and more ____
situational
more a style of interaction with the world around them
PD traits associated with psychopathology are different than regular personality traits in that they are typically
maladaptive, extreme, overly rigid
What are the Five Factor Traits
openness to experience
conscientiousness
extraversion
agreeableness
neuroticism.
the FFM is categorical, T or F?
False
it’s dimensional
PD’s have a ________ ____ with each other.
high co-occurrence of traits and symptoms
the most common PD is
unspecified PD
the newer Section III DSM section on PD traits catches
those who meet general PD diagnosis, but aren’t represented in the specific Dxs
3 disorders from Cluster A of PDs
paranoid, schizoid, schizotypical
4 disorders from Cluster B of PDs
antisocial
BPD
histrionic
narcissistic
3 disorders from Cluster C of PDs
avoidant
dependant
Obsessive-compulsive
The contradictive nature of OCPD is that
Patients are egosyntonic but are actually egodystonic!
OCDPD and OCD are different in that
those with OCDPD lack obsessive symptoms, can delay rewards
personality disorders are enduring patterns of:
lived inner experience and externalized behaviour that is a marked deviation from the culture one lives in
