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Personality Disorders Flashcards

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Personality Disorders definition

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Deeply ingrained, inflexible patterns of thinking or feeling relating to others, difficulty controlling impulses.

The personality is painful to others and long standing, usually beginning before adulthood.

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Comorbidity

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People with personality disorders tend to develop Axis I disorders (personality disorders are Axis II)

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Personality Disorder Criteria

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  1. Enduring pattern of deviation
  2. Pattern is inflexible and pervasive across personal and social situations
  3. Pattern leads to significant distress or impairment
  4. Pattern is stable and of long duration tracing back to adolescence
  5. Not better explained by manifestation or consequence of something else
  6. Not attributed to substance abuse
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Cluster A

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Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal

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Cluster B

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Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, and Borderline

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Cluster C

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Avoidant, Dependent and Obsessive Compulsive

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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  1. Suspiciousness and distrustful of others
  2. See hidden meaning in remarks
  3. Tendency to see self as blameless / guiltless
  4. On guard for perceived attacks by others
  5. Bear grudges / unforgiving
  6. Not usually psychotic; in touch with reality
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Schizoid Personality Disorder

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  1. Impaired social relationships
  2. Inability and lack of desire to form attachments to others (loners)
  3. Unable to express feelings
  4. Generally apathetic; rarely experience strong emotions
  5. High levels of introversion
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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  1. Excessively introverted
  2. Peculiar thought patterns
  3. Oddities of perception and speech that interfere with communication and social interaction
  4. Highly personalised and superstitious thinking
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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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  1. Hypersensitivity to rejection
  2. Self-conscious and self-critical
  3. Shyness
  4. Insecurity in social interaction and initiating relationships
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Dependent Personality Disorder

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  1. Difficulty in separating in relationships
  2. Discomfort at being alone
  3. Subordination of needs to keep others involved in the relationship
  4. Indecisiveness
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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

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  1. Excessive concern with order, rules and trivial details
  2. Perfectionism
  3. Lack of expressiveness and warmth
  4. Difficulty in relaxing and having fun
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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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  1. Self-dramatisation
  2. Overconcern with attractiveness
  3. Irritability and temper outbursts if attention seeking is frustrated
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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  1. Grandiosity
  2. Preoccupation with receiving attention
  3. Self-promoting
  4. Lack of empathy
  5. Hypercritical and retaliatory (they will repay)
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Borderline Personality Disorder

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  1. Impulsiveness
  2. Inappropriate anger
  3. Affective instability
  4. Drastic mood shifts
  5. Chronic feelings of boredom
  6. Attempts at self-mutilation or suicide
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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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  1. Persistently disregard and violate others’ rights
  2. Inability to follow approved models of behaviour
  3. Deceitfulness/maliciousness
  4. Shameless manipulation of others
  5. History of conduct problems with a child
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Antisocial Personality Disorder and Crime

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In prisons - 47% of men and 21% of women

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Are Personality Disorders real?

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Personality Disorder diagnosis can be overdone
14% of American fit the criteria for a personality disorder
They could just be extreme versions of personality traits and they already share traits with other disorders
People with personality disorders are often also depressed. A common feature is being unable to take on others’ perspective, they also tend to blame others.

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