Personality Disorder - Exam I Flashcards
the style a person adopts to deal with the world
personality
a pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from the expectation of the individual’s culture .-pervasive and inflexible. Onset is in adolescence or early adulthood.
- leads to distress or impairment (esp in social relationships)
- difficult to treat
- often times the individual doesn’t seek treatment until they are hiding out from the law or have another condition
personality disorder
Those who are at risk for a personality disorder are those that have experience chronic trauma. like repeated cycles of trauma or children living at home where this is domestic violence.
-as well as those who are acting out as a result of past history, disconnect from emotions, and developed fears of others
Risk for Personality Disorders
This type of personality disorder includes those who are paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal.
Type A (ODD)
this type of personality disorder includes those who are antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissitic.
type B (Dramatic or the bad ones or dealt a bad hand)
this type of personality disorder includes those who are avoidant, dependent, and OCD
Type C (anxious or the scaredy cats)
this type of personality disorder included those that are passive aggressive
non categorized
- suspects that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving them
- preoccupied with unjustified doubts about loyalty and trustworthiness
- reluctant to confide in others
- reads hidden meaning or threats in remarks or events
- bears grudges
- perceives attacks on his or her character
- recurrent unfounded suspicions regarding fidelity.
Paranoid (Type A)
detached from social relationships. restricted range of expressing emotion. early adulthood. does not want nor enjoy close relationships including those with family.
-chooses solitary activities
-little interest in sex
-takes pleasure in few if any activities
-lacks friends (because they don’t want friends)
-indifferent to praise or criticism
-emotional coldness, detachment, and flat affect. They don’t enjoy humor
-respect their need to be alone
-prefer non human contact but enjoy music, art, and etc
-can be highly intelligent and successful
(similar to traits of someone with Asperger’s and may develop a precursor to Schizophrenia later)
Schizoid (Type A)
social interpersonal deficits and reduced capacity for close relationships. Cognitive/Perceptual distortions, eccentric behavior beginning in early adulthood.
- ideas of reference
- magical thinking i.e. telepathy
- unusual perceptual experiences
- odd speech (ex metaphorical)
- suspicious or paranoid
- constricted affect. blunted. rested emotion that didn’t develop.
- excessive social anxiety
- close to schizophrenia but not as debilitating
- would prefer friends but they are extremely awkward
Schizotypal (Type A)
abnormal hippocampus size (related to intelligence)
- 90% have co occurring psyche conditions
- BELITTLED or DEVALUED as a child
- frequent mood changes
- emotional liability
- chronic depression
- self MUTILATION
- suicide prone behaviors
Borderline Personality (Type B - the bad ones)
Disregards and violates rights of others. Failure to conform to social norms. (Arrest)
- entitlement (have the right)
- deceitfulness (lying, using aliases, conning)
- impulsiveness (inability to plan ahead)
- irritability, aggressiveness, repeated fights
- reckless disregard for self or others
- irresponsible (can’t sustain work)
- lack of remorse
Antisocial (psychopath) Type B
This personality disorder they usually fail at conforming to the law, sustaining employment, developing stable relationships. They tend to exploit and MANIPULATE others for personal gain. Not often seen for disorder specific in clinical settings. If they are they are usually to avoid legal consequences.
-They show no remorse and are masters of con and MANIPULATION and live to exploit others. They can be known as bullies but are also very charming.
Antisocial (psychopath) Type B
Grandiose sense of self-importance. They exaggerate achievements and talents and expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements.
- preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power brilliance, beauty or ideal love.
- unwilling to recognize feelings and needs of others
Narcissitic (Type B)
have a style of speech that is excessively impressionstic and lacking in detail. the drama queen.
- shows self dramatization, theatrically, and exaggerated expression of emotion.
- easily suggestible and can be swayed by others.
- they are uncomfortable in situations in which they are not the center of attention and have temper tantrums when they don’t get their way.
- Interaction w/others if often characterized by inappropriate sexual and provocative behavior.
- quick to cry
Histrionic (type B)
Type B were dealt a “bad hand” and typically utilize ______ mechanisms to either idolize or devalue things. It’s an all or nothing type of thing. They also utilize splitting.
defense
This type of personality disorder is serious and formal. They have difficulty expressing emotions and are severely disciplined PERFECTIONISM, too preoccupied with rules.
- rigid, unbending rules
- fear of making mistakes leads to difficulty in decision making
- lacks spontaneity
- ingratiating with authority
- serious and formal demeanor
OCD (Type C)
This type of personality disorder has low self worth and socially alienates themselves. They have learned suspiciousness and are hostile and dangerous.
- high levels of anxiety
- awkward and socially uncomfortable
- timid, withdrawn, and appears cold and strange from a distance
- slow speech and constrained with frequent hesitations
- lonely and express feelings of being rejected
- view others as critical, betraying, and humiliating
- desires close relationship but avoids them
- typically people that were babied too long.
Avoidant Personality Disorder (Type C)
