Personality Flashcards
Personality (What? Healthy? Change?)
thoughts, emotions and behavior
unhealthy when inability to function
hard to change
Personality disorder
When traits cause change in functioning
Cluster A
Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypa
Cluster B
antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissitic
Cluster C
avoidant, dependent, OCD
Borderline Personality Disorder Criteria (3)
Impulsive in two desperate areas
Recurrent suicidal behavior
Emotional dysregulation/lability
BPD etiology
trauma response
DECREASED SEROTONIN
Neurobiological abnormalities
BPD DEFENSE MECH
SPLITTING
see others as ALL GOOD or ALL BAD
Self-Injury
Do not reward with attention!
Care for wound,
“matter-of-fact”
talk about feeling
redirect violent behavior
BPD treatment
teamwork and safety
CBT
DBT
Schema - focused therapy
Anti-social Personality Disorder (criteria)
LACK OF REMORSE no empathy
deceitfulness
impulsive
irritability
reckless
do not conform to social norms
Sociopathic causes
Trauma/abuse
Sociopathic Intervention
SAFETY!!!
aggressive/impulse behavior
Paranoid Personality Disorder
mistrust/suspicious
others are exploiting, harming, deceiving them
avoid others
do not feel responsible for feelings –> blame others
Risk for violence
Histrionic Personality
Colorful, dramatic, extroverted
ateention seeking (manipulative) flighty!
