Personality Disorder

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

How we perceive and interact with the world

Question 2

Manipulation

Answer 2

Manipulates staff and others

Question 3

Splitting

Answer 3

Driving a wedge between staff ( sometimes people with borderline personality disorder think of splitting as of splitting off of reality ( description of disassociation)

Question 4

Stable personality

Answer 4

Enduring patterns that are flexible and adaptive

Question 5

Pathologic personality

Answer 5

Enduring patterns that are inflexible and maladaptive

Brittle, hard to move on and recover

Question 6

Common psychological influence on personality

Answer 6

Childhood trauma

Question 7

Personality patterns

Answer 7

Cognition
Affective
Social/interpersonal
Behaviors

Question 8

Affective of personality pattern

Answer 8

Emotional response
Are we labile? Are we appropiate?

Question 9

Social / interpersonal of personal pattern

Answer 9

How we relate to others
Are style

Question 10

Behaviors of personality pattern

Answer 10

How we respond to a situation (stress)
Impulse control? Immature coping? Delay of self gratification?

Question 11

Cognition of personality pattern

Answer 11

Perception and thinking

Question 12

Without PD what are thoughts (cognition) like

Answer 12

Accurate perception and interpretation of events

Question 13

With P/d what are thoughts (cognition) like

Answer 13

Inaccurate perception and interpretation of events

Question 14

A person with PD is ego-syntonic when it comes to their social trait. What does this mean

Answer 14

In tuned with one self and only seeing things in one perspective

Question 15

Why is treatment resistant to someone with PD

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They don’t perceive a problem or have insight so it is hard to get them on board with treatment that they don’t think they need

Question 16

what does someone with a personality disorder at high risk for?

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Suicide, divorces and seperation
Increase involvement with law enforcement

Question 17

Cluster A

Answer 17

Paranoid PPD
Schizoid SZPD
schizotypical STPD

Question 18

Cluster b

Answer 18

Anitsocial (ASPD)
Borderline (BPD)
Histrionic HPD)
Narcisstic NPD)

Question 19

Cluster C

Answer 19

Avoidant (AVPD)
Dependent (DPD)
Obsessive compulsive (OCPD)

Question 20

What is cluster A known as

Answer 20

Odd & eccentric traits

Where we have the spectrum of schizophrenic personality disorders

Question 21

Cluster B what is it known as

Answer 21

B is for big
Dramatic , emotional, erratic
big behaviors , big emotion, big manipulation

Question 22

What is cluster C known for

Answer 22

Anxious and fearful
Insecure
Inadequacy traits

Wimpy and weaker group
Diminished sense of self

Question 23

Commonly seen symptoms of cluster A

Answer 23

Odd or eccentric behavior
Suspicious
Cold
Irrational
Withdrawn

Don’t have a big affect and have to work to get them to talk to you and trust you

Question 24

Cluster b commonly seen symptoms

Answer 24

Dramatic , emotional behavior
Attention seeking
Labile
Shallow
Increased rates of substance abuse and suciide*
Changes from one big emotion to another quickly

Question 25

Cluster c common symptoms

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Anxious fearful behavior Tense Overcontrolled Depressed ( anxiety and fear is very prominent

Question 26

Descriptive domain

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Affective Cognitive Social

Question 27

Affective domain

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Emotional expression Ability to empathize How do they express their emotions? Appropriate? Can they empathize and to what extent?

Question 28

Cognitive domain

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Thoughts and perception Motivation for actions How and what people think about How are they able to perceive and interpret ? What motivates them to do stuff ? What motivates others?

Question 29

Common therapies for personality disorders

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Cognitive behavioral therapy Dialectical behavior therapy Psychodynamic psychotherapy Psychoeducation

Question 30

CBT

Answer 30

Helpful for coming up with healthy positive behaviors to replace negative

Question 31

DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy )

Answer 31

Helps with develop behavioral skills to tolerate stress and regulate emotions and work on emotion disregualation.

Question 32

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

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Thinking about unconscious thoughts and behavior Helps with impulse control

Question 33

Psychoeducation

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Teaching about illness , coping strategies and problem solving skills

Question 34

Meds to treat personality disorder

Answer 34

Antidepressants SSRI Mood stablizer - gabapentin Antianxiety meds Antipsychotic meds

Question 35

What are SSRI used to treat for personality disorder

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Depress mood, anger, irritability , hopelessness,

Question 36

What is the mood stablizer gabapentin used to treat

Answer 36

Mood swings

Question 37

What is a low dose antipsychotic Alaznzpine used to treat in personality disorder

Answer 37

Helpful with disassociation,psychosis, anger probs

Question 38

What is important to keep in mind when administering meds for personality disorder

Answer 38

Don’t help with personality , just treat for symptom relief

Question 39

Why are antianxiolytics not first line in treating personality disorders?

Answer 39

It can increase impulsive behavior