Personality

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An enduring, repetitive pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself

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Personality trait

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Inflexible, maladaptive, and rigidly pervasive pattern of behavior causing subjective distress and/or impaired functioning; person is usually not aware of problem

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Personality Disorder; A, B, C - Weird, Wild, Worried

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Odd or eccentric; inability to develop meaningful social relationships. No psychosis - Weird

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Cluster A personality Disorders

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Types of Type A Personality DIsorders

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Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

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Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness; projection is the major defense mechanism

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Paranoid

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Voluntary social withdrawal, limited emotional expression, content with social isolation

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SchizoiD (d = distant)

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Eccentric appearance, odd beliefs or magical thinking, interpersonal awkwardnesss

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SchizoTypal (T for magical Thinking)

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Dramatic, emotional, or erratic - Wild

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Cluster B personality disorders

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Disregard for and violation of rights of others, criminality, impulsivity; >18y/o with Hx of Conduct disorder before 15y/o

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Antisocial

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Unstable mood and interpersonal relationships, impulsiveness, self-mutilation, boredom, sense of eptiness; splitting is a major defense mechanism

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Borderline

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

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Histrionic

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Grandiosity, sense of entitlement; lacks empathy and requires excessive admiration; demands the best and rxts to criticism with rage

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Narcissistic

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Types of Cluster B personality disorders

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Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, Narcissistic

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Anxious or fearful; genetic association with anxiety disorders - Worried

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Cluster C personality disorder

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Types of Type C personality disorders

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avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, dependent

cowardly, compulsive and clingy

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Hypersensitive to rejection, socially inhibited, timid, feelins of inadequancy, desires relationships with others

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Avoidant

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Pre-occupation with order, perfectionism, and control

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OCD

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Behavior consistent with one’s own beliefs and attitudes

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Ego-syntonic

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

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dependent

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Personality Disorder Cluster associated with mood disorders and substance abuse

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Cluster B

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Personality Disorder Cluster associated with schizophrenia

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Cluster A

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Personality Disorder Cluster associated with Anxiety Disorders

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Cluster C

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Schizophrenia for <1 month

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Brief psychotic disorder, usually stress related

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Schizophrenia for 1-6months

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Schizophreniform disorder

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Schizophrenia for >6 months

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Schizophrenia

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Keeping “schizo-“ straight

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Schizoid < Schizotypal < Schizophrenic < Schizoaffective

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Schizoaffective Disorder

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Schizophrenic psychotic symptoms + bipolar or depressive mood disorder