Personality Disorders

Question 1

Cluster C group

Answer 1

Avoidant
Dependant
Obsessive compulsive

Question 2

Cluster A

Answer 2

Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Question 3

Cluster b

Answer 3

Histirionic
Narcissistic
Borderline
Antisocial

Question 4

Gender discrepancies

Answer 4

Antisocial and schizoid are more common in men while borderline and histrionic are more common in women

Question 5

Tx

Psychotherapy treatment of choice as drugs only are symptomatic they don’t get down to the root of the problem

Sociotherapy

Answer 5

Psychotherapy treatment of choice as drugs only are symptomatic they don’t get down to the root of the problem

Sociotherapy

Question 6

Definition of a personality disorder

Answer 6

An enduring pattern of an experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individuals culture it is pervasive and inflexible and it leads to distress and impairment

Question 7

Biological factors

Answer 7

EEG changes in some PD’s
Impulsive traits - tests onee and estradiol

Genes might make u vulnerable and then a life situation may trigger . FH

Traumatic, stressful events

Psychological : fixation at one psychosexual stage of development