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What are the Cluster A personality disorders?

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Odd thinking and eccentric personalities

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What are examples of Cluster A personality disorders?

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

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What is a schizoid personality?

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S olitary lifestyle
I ndifferent to praise or criticism
R elationships, no interest
S exual experience, no interest
A ctivities, not enjoyed
F riends, lacking 
E motionally cold and detached
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What is a schizotypal personality?

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Magical thinking 
Social isolation
Recurrent illusions
Odd speech (but coherent)
Inadequate rapport, aloof, cold
Suspiciousness
Undue social anxiety hypersensitivity
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What are Cluster B personality disorders?

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Dramatic and errotic behaviour

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What are examples of Cluster B personality disorders?

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Antisocial
Borderline (Emotionally unstable) personality disorder
Historionic personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder

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What is Borderline personality disorder?

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Recurrent self harm + intense interpersonal relationship (e.g. abuse in a relationship)

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What is Histrionic personality disorder?

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Pattern of excessive attention-seeking behaviors, including inappropriate seduction and an excessive desire for approval

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What is Narcissistic personality disorder?

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Inflated sense of their own importance, deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships and a lack of empathy for others

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What are Cluster C personality disorders?

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Disorders characterised by anxiety and fear

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What are examples of cluster C personality disorders?

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Obsessive-Compulsive
Avoidant
Dependent

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What is an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?

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Extreme perfectionism
Hard to express feelings
Hardworking
Feel righteous, indignant and angry

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What is an Avoidant personality disorder?

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Excessive social anxiety and inhibition
Intense desire but fear of intimacy
Severe feelings of inadequacy and inferiority
Overreliance on avoidance of feared stimuli

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What is dependent personality disorder?

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Helpless, submissive or incapable of taking care of themselves
Can learn confidence with someone to depend on

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