Personality Disorders

Question 1

paranoid personality disorder

Answer 1

non delusional paranoia, unjustified doubts, misreading harmless remarks or events, quick reactions of anger, expectations of being exploited

Question 2

schizoid personality disorder

Answer 2

detached from social relationships, preference for being alone, restricted range of affect, emotionally cold, lack of desire for relationships, lack of pleasure in activities

Question 3

Schizotypal

Answer 3

inappropriate affect, irrational beliefs, magical thinking, ideas of reference, extreme social anxiety, unsual perceptual experiences, paranoid ideation, eccentric appearance

Question 4

histrionic personality disorder

Answer 4

constant demands for approval/praise, exxagerated emotions, discomfort when not center of attention, sexual seduction, content of speech lacking detail, suggestability, belief that relationships are more intimate than they are, grandiosity

Question 5

narcisstic

Answer 5

entitled, believes rules don’t apply to them, using others for personal gain, grandiosity, belief that they are special and unique, need for excessive admiration, lack of empathy, fantasises of success/power/love, arrogance

Question 6

borderline personality

Answer 6

unstable relationships, alternation between idealization and devaluation, feelings of emptiness, mood reactivitiy, angry outbursts followed by shame and guilt, impuslivity that is self damaging, avoidance of abandonment, suicidal threates, self mutilating, identity disturbance, transient paranoia or dissociation

Question 7

avoidant personality disorder

Answer 7

fear of being ridiculed, social inhibition, poor self image, preoccupation with being criticized or rejected in social situations, avoidance of new activities, reluctance to take personal risks, restraint in intimate relationships, desire for social relationships, feelings of loneliness

Question 8

dependent personality disorder

Answer 8

need for excessive advice, need others to assume responsibiltiy, difficulty doing things indepdently, lack of self confidence, going to great lenghts to be nurtured, feeling helpless, difficulty disagreeing with others, need for approval

Question 9

obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Answer 9

preoccupation with details, rules, lists, organization, perfectionism, stubborness