PERSONALITY DISORDERS Flashcards

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Clusters

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Cluster A - Odd or Eccentric

Cluster B - Dramatic, emotional or erratic

Cluster C - anxious and fearful

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Personality disorders in cluster A (odd or eccentric)

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

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Cluster B: ‘Dramatic, Emotional, or Erratic’

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Antisocial
Borderline (Emotionally Unstable)
Histrionic
Narcissistic

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Cluster C: ‘Anxious and Fearful’

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Obsessive-Compulsive
Avoidant
Dependent

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Features of Paranoid personality disorder

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Hypersensitivity and an unforgiving attitude when insulted

Unwarranted tendency to questions the loyalty of friends

Reluctance to confide in others

Preoccupation with conspirational beliefs and hidden meaning

Unwarranted tendency to perceive attacks on their character

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Features of schizoid personality disorder

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Indifference to praise and criticism

Preference for solitary activities

Lack of interest in sexual interactions

Lack of desire for companionship

Emotional coldness

Few interests

Few friends or confidants other than family

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features of schizotypal personality disorder

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Ideas of reference (differ from delusions in that some insight is retained)

Odd beliefs and magical thinking

Unusual perceptual disturbances

Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness

Odd, eccentric behaviour

Lack of close friends other than family members

Inappropriate affect

Odd speech without being incoherent

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antisocial personality disorder

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Failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviours as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest;

More common in men;

Deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure;

Impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead;

Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults;

Reckless disregard for the safety of self or others;

Consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behaviour or honour financial obligations;

Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another

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features of borderline/ emotional unstable personality disorder

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Efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment

Unstable interpersonal relationships which alternate between idealization and devaluation

Unstable self image

Impulsivity in potentially self damaging area (e.g. Spending, sex, substance abuse)

Recurrent suicidal behaviour

Affective instability

Chronic feelings of emptiness

Difficulty controlling temper

Quasi psychotic thoughts

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histrionic personality disorder

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Inappropriate sexual seductiveness

Need to be the centre of attention

Rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions

Suggestibility

Physical appearance used for attention seeking purposes

Impressionistic speech lacking detail

Self dramatization

Relationships considered to be more intimate than they are

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narcissistic personality disorder

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Grandiose sense of self importance

Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, or beauty

Sense of entitlement

Taking advantage of others to achieve own needs

Lack of empathy

Excessive need for admiration

Chronic envy

Arrogant and haughty attitude

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obsessive compulsive personality disorder

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Is occupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or agenda to the point that the key part of the activity is gone

Demonstrates perfectionism that hampers with completing tasks

Is extremely dedicated to work and efficiency to the elimination of spare time activities

Is meticulous, scrupulous, and rigid about etiquettes of morality, ethics, or values
Is not capable of disposing worn out or insignificant things even when they have no sentimental meaning

Is unwilling to pass on tasks or work with others except if they surrender to exactly their way of doing things

Takes on a stingy spending style towards self and others; and shows stiffness and stubbornness

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avoidant personality disorder

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Avoidance of occupational activities which involve significant interpersonal contact due to fears of criticism, or rejection.

Unwillingness to be involved unless certain of being liked

Preoccupied with ideas that they are being criticised or rejected in social situations

Restraint in intimate relationships due to the fear of being ridiculed

Reluctance to take personal risks due to fears of embarrassment

Views self as inept and inferior to others

Social isolation accompanied by a craving for social contact

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dependent personality disorder

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Difficulty making everyday decisions without excessive reassurance from others

Need for others to assume responsibility for major areas of their life

Difficulty in expressing disagreement with others due to fears of losing support

Lack of initiative

Unrealistic fears of being left to care for themselves

Urgent search for another relationship as a source of care and support when a close relationship ends

Extensive efforts to obtain support from others

Unrealistic feelings that they cannot care for themselves

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Mx

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psychological therapies: dialectical behaviour therapy

treatment of any coexisting psychiatric conditions

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