Personality Disorders

Question 1

What personality disorders fall into “Cluster A: Odd and Eccentric”?

Answer 1

Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Question 2

What personality disorders fall into “Cluster B: Dramatic, Emotional or Erratic”?

Answer 2

Antisocial
Borderline (Emotionally Unstable)
Histrionic
Narcissistic

Question 3

What personality disorders fall into “Cluster C: Anxious and Fearful”?

Answer 3

Obsessive-Compulsive
Avoidant
Dependent

Question 4

Hypersensitive
Unforgiving attitude when insulted
Questions the loyalty of friends
Reluctance to confide in others
Preoccupation with conspiracy
Unwarranted tendency to perceive attacks on their character

Answer 4

Paranoid

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Schizoid

Question 6

Ideas of reference
Odd beliefs/ magical thinking
Unusual perceptual disturbances
Paranoid ideation
Odd, eccentric behaviour
Lack of close friends other than family members
Inappropriate affect
Odd speech without being incoherent

Answer 6

Schizotypal

Question 7

Repeatedly performing acts causing their arrest
More common in men
Deception/ conning others for personal profit or pleasure
Impulsiveness
Irritability and aggressiveness (get in fights/assaults)
Disregard for the safety of self or others
Irresponsible
Lack of remorse

Answer 7

Antisocial

Question 8

Efforts to avoid 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

Answer 8

Borderline/ Emotionally Unstable

Question 9

Inappropriate sexual seductiveness
centre of attention
Rapidly shifting emotions
Physical appearance used for attention seeking purposes
Impressionistic speech lacking detail
Self dramatization
Relationships considered to be more intimate than they are

Answer 9

Histrionic

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Narcisisstic

Question 11

Occupied with details/ rules,
Perfectionism
Eliminates spare time activities
Won’t dispose worn out or insignificant things when they have no sentimental meaning
Unwilling to work with others unless things are done their way
stingy spending style

Answer 11

Obsessive-Compulsive

Question 12

Avoids situations for fears of criticism, rejection or embarassment.
Restraint in intimate relationships due to the fear of being ridiculed
Views self as inept and inferior to others
Social isolation accompanied by a craving for social contact

Answer 12

Avoidant

Question 13

• Difficulty making everyday decisions without excessive reassurance from others
• Wont disagree with others due to fears of losing support
• Lack of initiative
• Unrealistic fears of being left to/unable to care for themselves
• Urgent search for the support from another relationship when a close one ends

Answer 13

Dependent

Question 14

Management options for personality disorders

Answer 14

psychological therapies: dialectical behaviour therapy

treatment of any coexisting psychiatric conditions