Personality Disorder Flashcards
problems with personality disorder usually start when?
childhood
Two types of personality disorder in cluster B
Borderline Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
What is common with patients with BPD?
childhood trauma
what are some interpersonal difficulties with BPD?
close individuals often target of widely ranged view
tend to view others as all good or all bad
misinterpret otherwise neutral events, words, or interactions as “negative”
impulsive behaviours, poor cognitive function, suicidal threats are associated with which personality disorder in cluster B?
Borderline Personality Disorder
Which personality disorder has a wide range of sx with criminality being common?
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Treatments for personality disorders
social, behavioral, psychological (group therapy), and medical (haloperidol for cases that have temporarily decompensated into transient psychosis)
