Personality Disorder Flashcards
What is a personality disorder?
Persistent Pervasive abnormality of social relationships and social functioning
What percentage of remission is there at 16 years?
93% (Zannarini)
How many people world wide are given a diagnosis of PD?
1 in 16
How much earlier do men with PD die?
18 years
How much earlier do women with PD die?
19 years
What percentage of PD have completed suicide?
8-10%
What percentage of PD patients have depression?
40%
What percentage of bipolar disorder patients have PD?
13%
Percentage of people attending GP have a PD
24%
How more often do PD patients visit GP than regular?
5x as often
WHat percentage of A&E visits are from PD?
9%
What is PD cluster A?
Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
What is PD cluster B?
antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
WHat is PD cluster C?
Avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive
What are the heritability rates for each cluster?
Cluster A 0.37, Cluster B 0.6, Cluster C 0.62
Is aggressive or non-aggressive behaviour more heritable?
Aggressive
What is Kernberg’s developmental theory?
Excessive aggression leads to splitting
What is splitting?
The failure in a persons thinking to bring together the dichotomy of both positive and negative qualities of the self and others into a cohesive, realistic whole
What is Adler and Buie’s developmental theory?
Object constancy
What is object constancy?
An inability to remember that people or objects are consistent, trustworthy and reliable. Especially when out of your immediate field of vision
What is Mahler’s developmental theory?
Abandonment the organising conflict
What is Bowlby’s developmental theory
Attachment theory
What is dialectical behaviour therapy?
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a type of talking treatment. It’s based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), but has been adapted to help people who experience emotions very intensely.
What does mentalisation based therapy include?
Reflective function and attachment