Personality disorders Flashcards

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PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER

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Suspicion and mistrust against them
Hypersensitivity to criticism and potential slights
Often preoccupied with unfounded beliefs about perceived conspiracies against themselves

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Schizoid personality disorder

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No interest in social interaction or making friends etc
Has a few, if any close relationships outside family

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Schizotypal personality disorder

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Just a bit odd and wild but not quite enough to have schizophrenia

Demonstrates inappropriate or constricted affect, and peculiar, eccentric or bizarre behaviour

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Postitive symptoms of Schizophrenia (ABCD neumonic)

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Auditory Hallucinations: Commonly involving third-person auditory experiences, broadcasting of thoughts, control issues, and delusional perceptions.

Broadcasting of Thoughts: Belief that one’s thoughts are being broadcasted to others.

Control Issues: The sense of external control over one’s thoughts or actions.

Delusional Perception: Distorted interpretations of reality, often with false beliefs

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Negative Schizo symptoms

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All depressive things

Alogia (poverty of speech)
Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
Affective incongruity or blunting (patient talks about sad things in a happy way, mood and affect differ)
Avolition (lack of motivation)

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Schizoaffective Disorder

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Not quite fully schizo
Get hallucinations, delusions and disorganised speech
Has Mania or Depression while normal Schizo wont

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What is mania

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Severe functional impairment or psychotic symptoms persisting for at least seven days

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What is hypomania

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Increased or decreased function for at least four days without psychotic symptoms

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Type 1 Bipolar

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One or more manic episodes and one or more depressive episodes
Have grandiose delusions

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Type 2 Bipolar

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Recurrent major depressive episodes and hypomanic episodes
No grandiose delusions

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Conversion disorder

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Neuro symps but no underlying cause

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Hypochondriasis

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Believe they have a serious illness and want lots of tests but no underlying cause

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Malingering

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falsification or profound exaggeration of illness (physical or mental) to gain external benefits

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Somatiform disorder

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Non-neuro symps without a cause

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