PATH - Personality Disorders

Question 1

Cluster A personality disorders

Answer 1

Odd or eccentric

inability to develop meaningful social relationships

No psychosis

genetic association with schizophrenia

“Weird” (Accusatory, Aloof, Awkward).

Question 2

Paranoid

Answer 2

Cluster A personality disorders

Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness

• projection is the major defense mechanism
• Accusatory

Question 3

Schizoid

Answer 3

Cluster A personality disorders

Voluntary social withdrawal, limited emotional expression, *content with social isolation (vs avoidant)

*Aloof

Question 4

Schizotypal

Answer 4

Cluster A personality disorders

Eccentric appearance, odd beliefs or magical thinking, interpersonal awkwardness.

• Awkward

Question 5

Cluster B personality disorders

Answer 5

Dramatic, emotional, or erratic

genetic association with mood disorders and substance abuse.

“Wild” (Bad to the Bone).

Question 6

Antisocial

Answer 6

Cluster B personality disorders

Disregard for and violation of rights of others, criminality, impulsivity

males > females

must be ≥ 18 years old and have history of conduct
disorder before age 15.

*Conduct disorder if

Question 7

Borderline

Answer 7

Cluster B personality disorders

Unstable mood and interpersonal relationships,
impulsivity, self-mutilation, suicidality, sense
of emptiness

females > males

*splitting is a major defense mechanism.

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

Cluster B personality disorders

Excessive emotionality and excitability, attention seeking, sexually provocative, overly
concerned with appearance.

Question 9

Narcissistic

Answer 9

Cluster B personality disorders

Grandiosity, sense of entitlement

lacks empathy and requires excessive admiration

often demands the “best” and reacts to criticism with rage

Question 10

Cluster C personality

disorders

Answer 10

Anxious or fearful

genetic association with
*anxiety disorders.

“Worried” (Cowardly, Compulsive, Clingy).

Question 11

Avoidant

Answer 11

Hypersensitive to rejection, socially inhibited, timid, feelings of inadequacy, *desires relationships with others (vs schizoid).

• Cowardly

Question 12

Obsessive-compulsive

Answer 12

Preoccupation with order, perfectionism, and control

• ego-syntonic: behavior consistent with one’s own beliefs and attitudes (vs OCD).
• Compulsive

Question 13

Dependent

Answer 13

Submissive and clingy, excessive need to be taken care of, low self confidence.

Patients often get stuck in abusive relationships

• Clingy