Personality Disorder Flashcards
What are some of the reasons for Deliberate self-harm
Self control
Escaping flashbacks
Providing emotional relief
Release of tension
To make themselves less attractive
Describe Borderline Personality Disorder
Fear of abandonment
Unstable
Changing relationships
Anger problems
Loss of temper
Feelings of sadness or worthlessness
Self-injury
Suicidal behaviour
Frequent mood swings
Unsafe sex
reckless driving
binge eating
substance abuse
Excessive spending
Describe Histrionic Personality Disorder
Craves being the centre of attention and uses physical appearance to attain this.
Displays inappropriate sexual seductive behaviour
Dramatic expression of emotion
Describe Anti social personality disorder
Disregarding the law
Being deceitful
Lying repeatedly,
Conning others for personal gain or pleasure.
Acting impulsively or not planning ahead.
Describe Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Views of power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
A belief that they are special and unique and can only be understood other special or high-status people or institutions.
A need for excessive admiration
A client frequently impulsively acts out suicidal impulses, including grabbing the coffee jar to smash it and attempting to hang herself with her bra. The nurse would view the client’s behaviours as most consistent with
Borderline personality disorder.
Which of the following would you expect to assess in someone with an antisocial personality disorder?
A)Lack of guilt for wrongdoing.
B)Insight into their behaviour.
C)Ability to learn from past experiences.
D)Compliance with authority.
Compliance with authority.
Kim has a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. She often exhibits alternating clinging and distancing behaviours. The most appropriate nursing intervention would be to;
Have a core team of nurses who work with Kim so that she will learn to work with more than one person.
