Overview Of Mental Health Disorders

Question 1

Criteria for
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 1

• Disregard for and violation of rights of others.
• Lack of remorse
• no regard for safety
• impulsiveness
• aggressiveness
• at least 18 years old
• evidence of behaviour before 15 years old

Question 2

Criteria for
BOREDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 2

Instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects and marked impulsitivity.

Question 3

HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 3

Excessive emotionality and attention seeking

• uncomfortable when he or she is not yhr centre of attention
• uses physical appearance to draw attention
• considers relationships to be more intimate than they really are

Question 4

NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER

Answer 4

Grandiosity(self importance), need for admiration and lack of empathy

Question 5

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 5

They escape reality in ways that are involuntary and unhealthy and cause problems with functioning in every day life

Question 6

Schizoaffective disorder

Answer 6

Combo if schizophrenia symptoms (hallucinations and delusions) qnd mood disorder symptoms (depression and mania)

Question 7

Schizophrenia VS schizoaffective

Answer 7

Schizophrenia = psychotic symptoms dominate

Schizoaffective = mood disorder is dominant