Personality disorder Flashcards
Define personality disorder.
Enduring, deeply pervasive and inflexible patterns of experience and behavior, which are maladaptive in the individual/s culture and therefore cause distress and impairment of work and psychosocial functioning.
What is the aetiology of personality disorders.
Some genetic contribution.
Early adversity contributes to development: social stressor, child abuse, dysfunctional family.
Summarise the epidemiology of personality disorder.
Symptoms begin late in adolescent years. 5% of population and 40% of psychiatric patients have a PD.
What are the three clusters for symptoms of personality disorder?
- Odd/Eccentric
- Dramatic/Emotional
- Fearful/Anxious
What are the subtypes of odd/eccentric personality disorder traits?
Paranoid
Schizoid
What are some paranoid personality disorder symptoms?
- Sensitive to setbacks
- Suspicious of intentions
- Bears grudges
- Suspicious of partner fidelity
- Self importance
- Conspirational view of events
What are some schizoid personality disorder symptoms?
- Emotional coldness
- Few activities give pleasure
- Limited capacity to express feelings
- Indifference to praise or criticism
- Little interest in sex
- Prefer solitary activities
- Preoccupied with fantasy
- Insensitive to social norms
- Uninterested in close friends.
What are the subtypes of dramatic/emotional personality disorder traits?
Histrionic
Dissocial
Emotionally unstable (impulsive type)
Emotionally unstable (borderline type)
What are some histrionic personality disorder symptoms?
- Shallow and liabile affect
- Self dramatisation
- Suggestibility
- Seeks centre of attention
- Inappropriate seductiveness
- Very concerned with physical attractiveness.
What are some dissocial personality disorder symptoms?
- Blames others
- Callous unconcern
- Gross and persistent irresponsibility
- Unable to endure relationships
- No guilt
- Low violence threshold
What are some emotionally unstable (impulsive type) personality disorder symptoms?
- Unstable mood
- Impulsivity
- Conflict
What are some emotionally unstable (borderline type) personality disorder symptoms?
- Emptiness
- Effort to avoid abandonment
- Unstable intense relationships
- Uncertain self image
- Self harm
What are the subtypes of fearful/anxious personality disorder traits?
Anakastic
Dependent
Anxious
What are some anakastic personality disorder symptoms?
- Preoccupied with detail
- Perfectionist
- Doubtful
- Rigid/stubborn
What are some dependent personality disorder symptoms?
- Allows others to make important decisions
- Unwilling to make reasonable demands on others
- Helpless when alone
- Subordination of own needs to others
- Fear of abandonment