personality disorders Flashcards
personality disorders are resistant to treatment (T/F)
T
The Five-Factor Model
Openness to Experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism
cluster A
eccentric (paranoid personality disorder, schizotypical personality disorder)
cluster B
dramatic emotional (BPD, narcissistic personality disorder)
cluster C
anxious fearful (avoidant personality disorder, OCPD)
the bad five pathological personality traits
negative affectivity, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, psychotocism
Schizotypal Personality Disorder neurological abnormalities
dopamine dysregulation and reduced gray matter in the temporal lobe
BPD symptoms
Emotion dysregulation, Impulsivity, self-destructive behaviors, worries about rejection and abandonment
BPD remission?
85% in 10-15 years
BPD brain structure difference
smaller amygdala and hippocampus, deficits in PFC
splitting def
viewing self and others as all good or all bad, cycling through these views
two subtypes in narcissistic personality disorder
grandiose and vulnerable
antisocial personality disorder brain difference
serotonin, PFC, amydala, striatum