Personality disorders Flashcards

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1
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what is the opposite of agreeableness

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antagonism

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opposite of conscientiousness

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disinhibition

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3
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when are traits considered a personality disorder

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when they cause significant distress, social impairment, and or occupational impairment

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what re the 10 personality disorders listed in the DSM?

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  • antisocial
  • avoidant
  • borderline
  • dependent
  • histrionic
  • narcissistic
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • paranoid
  • schizoid
  • schizotypal
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define OSPD and UPD

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other specified personality disorder (those not included in the 10 in the DSM) and unspecified personality disorder

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define avoidant

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pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
- introversion and nuroticism

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define dependant

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pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation.
- combo of neuroticism and maladaptive agreeableness

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define antisocial

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pervasive pattern of disregard and violation of the rights of others. These behaviors may be aggressive or destructive and may involve breaking laws or rules, deceit or theft.
- antagonism and low conscientiousness

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define obsessive-compulsive

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pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.
- maladative conscientiousness

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define schizoid

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detachment from social relationships, restricted range of emotions
- introversion

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define borderline

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  • instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.
  • neuroticism
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define histrionic

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excessive emotionality and attention seeking
- maladaptive extraversion

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Narcissistic

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pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
- neuroticism, extraversion, antagonism, conscientiousness

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Narcissistic

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pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
- neuroticism, extraversion, antagonism, conscientiousness

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schizotypal

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  • discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior.
  • neuroticism, introversion, antagonism
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paranoid

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distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent.

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ego-syntonic

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most people are largely comfortable with their selves, with their characteristic manner of behaving, feeling, and relating to others
- makes ppl not as open to getting help

17
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what is a personality disorder that usually does seek help? why?

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borderline, lots of suffering, anxiety and depression
- avoidant
-high levels of neuroticism

18
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t or f: 1-2% of the population meets criteria for diagnosis of personality disorder

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false, 10-15%

19
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which personality disorder has manualized and/or empirically validated treatment protocols developed?

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borderline, dialectical behavioural therapy (CBT, Zen and Buddhism) and mentalization therapy
- individual therapy, group skills training, telephone coaching, and a therapist consultation team, and will typically last a full year.

20
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______personality disorder combines the Five Factor traits of neuroticism and maladaptive agreeableness.

Histrionic.
Obsessive-compulsive.
Dependent.
Passive-aggressive.
State-trait

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Dependent

21
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Marcus is dishonest, and does not often care about the hurt or pain he causes others. Marcus may suffer from ______personality disorder.

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antisocial

22
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A structure in the brain associated with liking is the:

thalamus.
nucleus accumbens.
amygdala.
hypothalamus

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nucleus accumbens.

23
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Why are personality disorders traditionally so difficult to treat?

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The disorders involve well-established behaviors that are integral to a person’s self-image

24
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For which personality disorder has a manualized and empirically validated treatment protocol been developed?

histrionic.
paranoid.
narcissistic.
antisocial.
borderline

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borderline

25
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______best describes the expert opinion of how personality disorders arise.

  • “They arise due to abuse, harsh parenting, and similar environmental factors”.
  • “Nothing is known about their origins”.
  • “They likely involve genetic and environmental factors”.
  • “They are genetic in origin”.
  • “They arise when a disorder like depression lasts too long”
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“They likely involve genetic and environmental factors”

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______best describes the expert opinion of how personality disorders arise.

  • “They arise due to abuse, harsh parenting, and similar environmental factors”.
  • “Nothing is known about their origins”.
  • “They likely involve genetic and environmental factors”.
  • “They are genetic in origin”.
  • “They arise when a disorder like depression lasts too long”
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“They likely involve genetic and environmental factors”

27
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what are the two categories of deviant behaviour

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  • criminal
  • binging and purging (throwing up after meals)