Personality Disorders

Question 1

a class of disorders marked
by extreme, inflexible personality traits that cause
subjective distress or impaired social and occupational functioning.

Answer 1

Personality disorders

Question 2

Three clusters of Personality Disorders

Answer 2

Anxious/fearful, Odd/
eccentric, Dramatic/
impulsive

Question 3

Avoidant personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder, Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Answer 3

Anxious/fearful

Question 4

Schizoid personality
disorder, Schizotypal personality disorder, Paranoid personality
disorder

Answer 4

Odd/eccentric

Question 5

Histrionic personality
disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder, Borderline personality
disorder, Antisocial personality disorder

Answer 5

Dramatic/impulsive

Question 6

Excessively sensitive to potential rejection, humiliation, or shame;
socially withdrawn in spite of desire for acceptance from others

Answer 6

Avoidant personality
disorder

Question 7

Excessively lacking in self-reliance and self-esteem; passively allowing others to make all decisions; constantly subordinating
own needs to others’ needs

Answer 7

Dependent personality
disorder

Question 8

Preoccupied with organization, rules, schedules, lists, trivial
details; extremely conventional, serious, and formal; unable to express warm emotions

Answer 8

Obsessive-compulsive
personality disorder

Question 9

Defective in capacity for forming social relationships; showing absence of warm, tender feelings for others

Answer 9

Schizoid personality disorder

Question 10

Showing social deficits and oddities of thinking, perception, and communication that resemble schizophrenia

Answer 10

Schizotypal personality
disorder

Question 11

Showing pervasive and unwarranted suspiciousness and mis-
trust of people; overly sensitive; prone to jealousy

Answer 11

Paranoid personality
disorder

Question 12

Overly dramatic; tending to exaggerated expressions of emotion; egocentric, seeking attention

Answer 12

Histrionic personality
disorder

Question 13

Grandiosely self-important; preoccupied with success fantasies; expecting special treatment; lacking interpersonal empathy

Answer 13

Narcissistic personality
disorder

Question 14

Unstable in self-image, mood, and interpersonal relationships; impulsive and unpredictable

Answer 14

Borderline personality
disorder

Question 15

Chronically violating the rights of others; failing to accept social norms, to form attachments to others, or to sustain consistent work behaviour; exploitive and reckless

Answer 15

Antisocial personality
disorder