PERSONALITY DISORDER

Question 1

Defned by LONG-STANDING and PERVAIVE ways of being that cause of distress and impairment through their infuence on forming and sustaining a positive-self identify and constructive relationships

Answer 1

Personality Disorders

Question 2

Personality Disorders under CLUSTER A

Answer 2

1. Paranoid Personality - suspicious of others
2. Schizoid Personality - socially (Odd/Eccentric) aloof
3. Schizo pal Personality eccentric in their thoughts and behaviors

Question 3

Personality disorder defined by
emotional aloofness, indifference to the praise, criticism, and feelings of others

Answer 3

Schizoid Personality Disorder Cluster A

Question 4

A personality disorder defined by expectation of mistreatment in the hands of others, suspicion, secretiveness, jealousy, argumentativeness, unwillingness to accept blame, and cold emotional affect

Answer 4

Paranoid Personality Disorder Cluster A

Question 5

Personality disorder defined by
eccentricity, oddities of though and perception, digressive speech involving overelaborations and social isolation

Answer 5

Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Cluster A

Question 6

Personality Disorders under CLUSTER B
(The Dramatic/Erratic)

Answer 6

1.Antisocial Personality Disorder
2. Borderline Personality Disorder
3. Histrionic Personality Disorder
4. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question 7

Personality disorder defined by the
absence of concern for others feelings or social norms and a pervasive pattern of rule breaking

Answer 7

Antisocial Personality Disorder Cluster B

Question 8

PD defned by impulsiveness and
unpredictability, an uncertain self-image intense and unstable social
relationships, and extreme swings of
mood.

Answer 8

Borderline Personality Disorder Cluster B

Question 9

PD defined by overly dramatic behavior, emotional excess, and sexually provocative behavior

Answer 9

Histrionic Personality Disorder Cluster B

Question 10

A Personality Syndrome related to Antisocial Personality Disorder but defined by an absence of emotion, impulsivity, manipulativeness, and irresponsibility

Answer 10

Psychopathy

Question 11

Personality Disorders under CLUSTER C (Anxious/Fearful)

Answer 11

1. Avoidant Personality Disorder
2. Dependent Personality disorder
3. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
   Disorder

Question 12

PD defined by aloofness and extreme sensitivity to potential rejection, despite an intense desire for affiliation and affection

Answer 12

Avoidant Personality Disorder Cluster C

Question 13

A PD in which people are overly concerned about maintaining relationships. They allow others to make decisions for them and reticent to make demands that would change the relationship

Answer 13

Dependent Personality Disorder Cluster C

Question 14

PD defined by inordinate difficulty making decisions, hyperconcern with details and efficiency and poor relations with others due to demands that things be done just so, as well as the person’s unduly conventional, serious, formal, and stingy emotions

Answer 14

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder - Cluster C

Question 15

A therapeutic approach to Borderline PD that combines Client Centered Empathy and acceptance with Behavioral Problem Solving, Social Skills Training and Limit Setting

Answer 15

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Question 16

A structured form of Psychodynamic Therapy developed for Borderline PD in which the person is encouraged to focus on his or her emotions and relationships

Answer 16

Mentalization-Based Therapy

Question 17

A therapy wherein the therapist and the client work to identify the maladaptive assumptions (schema) that a client holds about relationships from his or her early experiences

Answer 17

Schema-Focused Cognitive Therapy