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Personality Disorders Flashcards

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Personality Disorders

-Definitions

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  1. Fixed and Rigid
  2. Lifelong behavioral pattern that negatively affects life
  3. Behavior deviates markedly from expectations of culture
  4. Described in negative terms such as:
    - hostile, needy, detached, obsessive, antisocial
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Personality

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  1. Unique bio-psychosocial characteristics that consistently influence inner experience and behavior
  2. Personality is as essential to self-identity as physical appearance
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Personality Disorders

-Theories of Causes

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  1. Abuse, neglect, trauma, and inadequate parenting
  2. Nature not nurture is responsible
  3. A combination of psychosocial and biologic factors
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Personality Disorders

-Manifestation of Symptoms

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  1. Cognition
  2. Affectivity
  3. Interpersonal behavior
  4. Impulse control
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Personality Cluster A

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  1. ODD or ECCENTRIC behavior as the core characteristic
    - Paranoid personality
    - Schizoid
    - Schizotypal
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Personality Disorder Cluster A

-Paranoid

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  1. Avoidance of accepting deserved blame and unwarranted view of others
  2. Suspicious, hypersensitivity, mistrust
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Personality Disorder Cluster A

-Schizoid

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  1. Avoid social activities

2. Often seen as LONERS

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Personality Disorder Cluster A

-Schizotypal

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  1. Don’t understand forming relationships
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Cluster B Personality Disorders

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  1. Dramatic, Emotional or erratic manifestations
    - Antisocial
    - Borderline
    - Histrionic
    - Narcissistic
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Personality Disorder Cluster B

-Antisocial

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  1. No regard for right and wrong
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Personality Disorder Cluster B

-Borderline

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  1. Unstable or turbulent emotions
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Personality Disorder Cluster B

-Histrionic

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  1. Emotional and Dramatic behavior

2. Drawing attention to self

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Personality Disorder Cluster B

-Narcissistic

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  1. Inflated sense of self-importance
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Cluster C Personality Disorders

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  1. Anxious or fearful behaviors
    - Avoidant
    - Dependent
    - Obsessive-compulsive
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Personality Disorder Cluster C

-Avoidant

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  1. Very shy, inadequate, and sensitive to rejection
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Personality Disorder Cluster C

-Dependent

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  1. Depend too much on others to meet their emotional and physical needs
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Personality Disorder Cluster C

-OCD

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  1. Preoccupation w/ orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control
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Personality Disorders

-Co-Morbidities

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  1. Major Depression
  2. Anxiety
  3. Suicide Crises
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Personality Disorders

-Treatment Goals

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  1. Immediate Problem solving
  2. Enhancement of coping
  3. Improvement of social skills
  4. Increased tolerance of anxiety w/out resorting to maladaptive coping
  5. Increase self-awareness
  6. Elimination of more destructive personality traits
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Personality Disorders

-Goals for Care

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  1. Risk Control: client will experience physical safety
  2. Adherence Behavior: Client will participate in therapy
  3. Symptom Control: Client will exhibit improved coping
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Personality Disorders

-Nurse Self-Care

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  1. Know that it is difficult to work with personality patients
  2. Discuss emotional reactions to clients with trusted colleagues
  3. ID additional sources for support that can enhance and promote personal and professional growth
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Splitting & Borderline Personality Disorder

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  1. Splitting is commonly associated with borderline personality disorder
  2. Client says to a nurse “You are the best person” followed by “You are the worst person”

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