Personality Disorders

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

set of unique expressed characteristics or traits that cause us to act in predictable ways throughout our lives

Question 2

disorders

Answer 2

• 9-13% of adults have one
• common for person with personality disorders to experience other comorbidity
• among most difficult disorders to treat

Question 3

3 clusters

Answer 3

• odd/eccentric
• dramatic, emotional or erratic behavior
• anxious or fearful behavior

Question 4

Odd personality disorders

Answer 4

• paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal
• display symptoms somewhat similar to schizophrenia but not as extensive

Question 5

paranoid personality disorder

Answer 5

deep distrust and suspicion of others

Question 6

schizoid personality disorder

Answer 6

persistent avoidance of social relationships, limited emotional expression

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schizotypal personality disorder

Answer 7

range of interpersonal problems, including extreme discomfort in close relationships, odd/bizarre ways of thinking, behavioral eccentricities

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dramatic personality disorders

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• histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial, borderline
• difficulty in relationships is one of the bigger problems, due to dramatic, emotional or erratic behaviors

Question 9

Histrionic personality disorder

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• believed to be more common in women than men, but partially due to gender bias in diagnosis
• likely to seek out treatment, but therapy doesn’t likely work

Question 10

narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 10

grandiosity, a need for admiration, lack of empathy, and exaggeration of achievements and talents

Question 11

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 11

• persistent disregard for others rights, lack of conscience, lack of empathy
• must be 18 year of age to be diagnosed, usually comes with misbehaviors before 18 years old
• 4 times more coming in men than women
• precursors are conduct or oppositional deficient disorders in kids

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borderline personality disorder

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• highly emotional and dramatic - very sensitive, quick to react, slow to calm down
• comorbid with eating disorders
• 3 times as common in women

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anxious personality disorders

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• avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive
• behavior is anxious and fearful, resulting in interpersonal consequences

Question 14

avoidant personality disorder

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• uncomfortable and inhibited in social situations, overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, extremely sensitive to negative evaluation

Question 15

dependent personality disorder

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• pervasive, excessive need to be taken care of

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obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

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• highly rigid, inflexible, preoccupied with order and perfection, control
• follow routine and order without distress, its pleasing to them
• most common in white, educated married and employed individuals
• men are 2x as likely as womenw

Question 17

what psychologists agree on

Answer 17

there is a pattern of being high in all four Ds: deviant, distressing, dysfunctioning, danger