other personality disorders

Question 1

schizotypal characteristics

Answer 1

-social and interpersonal deficits
-eccentric behavior
-magical thinking
-peculiar style of speech
-inappropriate emotional responses
-odd appearance
-flat affect
-anxiety around people
—-almost like obsessed with religious symbolism —

Question 2

schizoid characteristics

Answer 2

-social and interpersonal deficits
-detachment from social relationships
-limited emotional expression
-lack of understanding social cues
—-may have brief episodes of psychosis—–

Question 3

narcissistic characteristics

Answer 3

-50-75% are men
-grandiose sense of self-importance
-need for admiration
-lack of empathy
-thought process is intact
-poor insight
-their problems are other people’s fault
-fragile self-esteem (lots of compensation)
-exploit relationships

Question 4

dependent characteristics

Answer 4

-excessive need to be taken care of
-submissive and clinging behavior
-fear of separation

Question 5

paranoid characteristics

Answer 5

-pervasive mistrust
-guarded
-under stress - psychosis
-don’t so well in group settings

Question 6

histrionic characteristics

Answer 6

excessive emotionality and attention seeking
-depression
-unexplained physical problems
-hard to differenitate between BPD & over sexualization

Question 7

avoidant characteristics

Answer 7

-social discomfort
-low self-esteem
-hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
-feelings of inadequacy
-fearful of rejection or failure

Question 8

obsessive-compulsive characteristics

Answer 8

-preoccupation for order and perfectionism
-mental and interpersonal control
-decision making is time consuming
-difficulty expressing emotions
-significant rigidity and stubbornness
-absorbed in their own perspective
-low self-esteem

Question 9

depressive characteristics

Answer 9

-depressive thoughts and behaviors
-critical and derogatory toward self
-prone to feel guilty
-pessimistic