Personality disorder Flashcards
What is a personality disorder?
Variations or exaggerations of normal personality attributes
What is the DSM-IV classification of personality disorders based in?
Personality traits
What are personality traits defined as in DSM-IV?
enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself
What clusters are personality disorders grouped into in DSM-IV?
A. Odd/eccentric
B. Dramatic/erratic
C. Anxious/fearful
What personality disorders are in cluster A in DSM-IV?
Paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal
What personality disorders are in cluster B in DSM-IV?
Antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
What personality disorders are in cluster C in DSM-IV?
Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive
What is The Big Five?
Neuroticism vs. stability
Extraversion vs. introversion
Agreeableness vs. antagonism
Conscientiousness vs. lack of self-discipline
Openness to experience vs. rigidity
What is the lifetime prevalence of individual personality disorders?
1-3%
How many in- and outpatients are believed to meet the criteria of a personality disorder?
30-40% outpatients
40-50% inpatients
How many adult prisoners are believed to meet criteria of a personality disorder?
50-78%
How many male mentally disorders offenders are believed to have one or more personality disorders?
2/3
What is the lifetime prevalence of any single personality disorder on community samples?
6.7-33.1% (median of 12.9%)
What is a more conservative lifetime prevalence of personality disorders?
6.7-9.4%
What is the criteria of a paranoid personality disorder (cluster A)?
Distrusting and suspicious interpretation of the motives of others