Personality d/o Flashcards
Define personality d/o?
Pervasive inflexible personality traits that cause impaired fxn and distress. They are NOT episodic!
When is the onset of personality d/o?
Early adolescence and early childhood
- become established by early adulthood
Behaviors and traits of personality d/o are ____ and ____
Pervasive
Inflexible
5 traits that are used to describe personalities?
"O.C.E.A.N" O - openness to experience C - Conscientiousness E - Extraversion A - Agreeableness N - Neuroticism
What % of the population has some form of personality disorders? what about in the psych populations?
10-15%
30-50%
Personality d/o commonly overlap with other psych conditions such as ____, _____, and ______
MDD 51%
GAD 64%
Panic d/o 56%
What personality d/o are more common in men?
Antisocial d/o
What personality d/o are more common in women?
Borderline
Histrionic
Dependent
Basically we are unstable, hysterical people who are dependent on someone else… Sounds like PMS to me except dependence is on chocolate instead.
Personality d/o is more common in _____ individuals and (INCREASE/DECREASE) with age?
younger
decrease
what populations are at a higher risk for personality disorders?
what are they likely to suffer from in addition to their d/o?
The poor dummies (low education, low socioeconomic status)
**public announcement: this is a memory trigger, not meant to be offensive, ok cupcakes ;)
unemployment, drug abuse, homelessness, divorce, domestic violence
what are possible etiologies of personality disorders?
Early traumatic experiences
Failing to progress through stages of sexual development
___ and ___ are related to childhoods trauma and abuse and have been proven to have a genetic component
Borderline
antisocial
What brain anatomy and function differences have been observed in pts with personality disorders
- Altered metabolism in prefrontal cortex
- reduced prefrontal brain grey matter
- loss effect-related activity in the limbic regions
Pts with personality d/o are have very little insight into their maladative behaviors and are likely to ____ and ____
Blame others for their troubles
Don’t seek help (only see them bc of the consequences of their behaviors
What is the general Tx for personality disorders?
Therapy = mainstay
Rx for sx of their disorders
When working up a pt with a personality d/o what is important to rule-out
Other mental d/o and medical conditions
What are the 3 clusters of personality disorders?
Cluster A: Eccentric d/o “Weird”
Cluster B: Dramatic d/o “Wild”
Cluster C: Anxious d/o “Wimps”
What are the 3 personality d/o involved in Cluster A
They are related to a higher rate in _____
“P.S.S”
Paranoid - “Accusatory”
Schizoid - “Aloof”
Schizotypal - “Awkward”
schizophrenia
Describe Paranoid d/o
what traits would you associate with this d/o?
Pattern of distrust and suspiciousness of others
- See others motives as malevolent and doubt loyalty
- see hidden messages, easily insulted
- bear grudges
1-4% population
How do you treat paranoid d/o
CBT (not group!)
Tx: anti-psychotic (halperidol), depression (BZD)
Describe schizoid d/o
what traits would you associate with this d/o?
Voluntary social withdrawal, loner “hermit like behavior”
- don’t care to make friends, prefer to be alone
- indifference towards others have a cold or flattened affect
3-5% population
What is the tx for schizoid d/o
Therapy (unlikely they will come)
Tx sx if they let you