Personality Disorder Types

Question 1

Paranoid PD criteria

Answer 1

4 of:
Excessive sensitivity to setbacks
Tendency to bear grudges
Suspicious and tendency to misconstrue neutal/friendly actions as hostile/contemptuous
Combative and tenacious sense of personal rights out of keeping with the actual situation
Recurrent unjustified suspicions of infidelity of their partner
Persistent self-referential attitude and excessive self-importance
Preoccupation with conspiracy theories

Question 2

Schizoid PD criteria

Answer 2

4 of:
Few activities provide pleasure
Emotional coldness, detachment of flattened affectivity
Limited capacity to express warm feelings or anger
Indifference to praise or criticism
Little interest in sexual experiences
Chooses solitary activities
Excessive preoccupation with fantasy/introspection
Doesn’t desire or have close friends (or only one)
Marked insensitivity to prevailing social norms/conventions

Question 3

Schizoid PD related fictional character

Answer 3

Batman

Question 4

Schizotypal PD

Answer 4

5 or more of:
Ideas of reference (not delusions)
Odd beliefs or magical thinking (inconsistent with cultural norms)
Unusual perceptual experiences (illusions not hallucinations)
Odd thinking and speech
Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation
Inappropriate or constricted affect
Behaviour or appearance that is odd, eccentric or peculiar
Lack of close friends/confidants other than 1st degree relatives
Excessive social anxiety not diminishing with familiarity, tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative self-judgements

Question 5

Schizotypal PD description (made up by me) in comparison to schizophrenia

Answer 5

Similar to schizophrenia but not as severe

Question 6

Schizotypal PD related fictional character

Answer 6

Willy wonka

Question 7

Dissocial (antisocial) PD criteria

Answer 7

3 of:
Callous unconcern for feelings of others
Irresponsible and disregard for social norms/rules/obligations
Incapacity to maintain (but not establish) enduring relationships
Very low threshold for frustration, lower threshold for aggression/violence
Incapacity to experience guilt OR can profit from adverse experience typically punishment
Marked proneness to blame others

Question 8

Dissocial PD related fictional criteria

Answer 8

The grinch

Question 9

Impulsive emotionally unstable PD criteria

Answer 9

3 of:
Tendency to act unexpectedly, without consideration of consequences
Quarrelsome behaviour and conflicts with others (esp when impulsive acts are thwarted/criticized)
Liability to outbursts of anger/violence
Difficulty in maintaining any course of action that offers no immediate reward
Unstable mood

Question 10

Borderline emotionally unstable PD criteria

Answer 10

2 of:
Disturbances in and uncertainty about self-image, aims and internal preferences
Intense and unstable relationships often leading to emotional crises
Excessive efforts to avoid abandonment
Recurrent threats or acts of self-harm
Chronic feelings of emptiness

Question 11

Histrionic PD criteria

Answer 11

4 of:
Self-dramatization, theatricality, or exaggerated expression of emotions
Suggestible
Shallow/labile affectivity
Continually seeks excitement & activities in which the subject is the centre of attention
Inappropriately seductive in appearance or behaviour
Overly concerned with physical attractiveness

Question 12

Narcissistic PD criteria

Answer 12

5 of:
A grandiose logic of self-importance
A fixation with fantasies of infinite success, control, brilliance, beauty, or idyllic love
A credence that he or she is extraordinary and exceptional and can only be understood by, or should connect with, other extraordinary or important people or institutions
A desire for unwarranted admiration
A sense of entitlement
Interpersonally oppressive behaviour
No form of empathy
Resentment of others or a conviction that others are resentful of him or her
A display of egotistical and conceited behaviours or attitudes

Question 13

Narcissistic PD related fictional character

Answer 13

Walter White

Question 14

Anankastic/obsessive-compulsive PD criteria

Answer 14

4 of:
Excessive doubt and caution
Preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization or schedule
Perfectionism that interferes with task completion
Excessive conscientiousness
Undue preoccupation with productivity to the exclusion of pleasure/interpersonal relationships.
Pedantic, excessive adherence to social conventions
Rigidity and stubbornness
Unreasonable insistence that others submit to exactly his or her way of doing things, or unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things

Question 15

Anankastic/obsessive-compulsive PD related functional character

Answer 15

Monica from friends

Question 16

Anxious PD criteria

Answer 16

4 of:
Persistent pervasive feelings of tension/apprehension
Belief that oneself is socially inept/inferior to others
Excessive preoccupation about being criticized/rejected in social situations
Unwillingness to get involved with people unless certain of being liked
Restrictions in lifestyle because of need of security
Avoidance of social or occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fear of criticism, disapproval or rejection

Question 17

Dependent PD criteria

Answer 17

4 of:
Encouraging or allowing others to make most of one’s important life decisions
Subordination of one’s own needs to those of others on whom one is dependent, and undue compliance with their wishes
Unwillingness to make even reasonable demands on the people one depends on
Feeling uncomfortable or helpless when alone, because of exaggerated fears of inability to care for oneself
Preoccupation with fears of being left to take care of oneself
Limited capacity to make everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice/reassurance

Question 18

Dependent PD related fictional character

Answer 18

Buster Bluth