Personality Disorders Flashcards
What is a personality disorder?
An enduring, persisting disturbance characterised by problems in functioning in self and/or interpersonal dysfunction.
->can affect identity, self-wroth, self-direction, ability to develop and maintain close relationships
What is important to note about length of symptoms for a personality disorder?
Need to be for prolonged period of time
What is meant by negative affectivity?
Low self-esteem, low self-confidence, a tendency to experience strong negative emotions
What is meant by detachment?
A tendency towards social and emotional detachment from others in a rigid way.
Dissociality?
Clinical phenomenon related to harmful behaviour towards others and often a lack of empathy related to it
Anankastia?
Tendency towards rigid insistence on order, cleanliness, abiding by rules to their letter
What are Cluster A personality disorders characterised by?
Severe problems of basic interpersonal trust
List some of the disorders that fall under the category of Cluster A personality disorders.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
What happens in Paranoid Personality Disorder?
Severe problems of basic interpersonal trust
What is Schizoid Personality Disorder related to?
Gross social and emotional detachment
What happens in Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
Use of vivid fantasy life
->development of a highly odd manner, probably from significant disturbance in early relationships
List some of the disorders that fall under the category of Cluster B personality disorders.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder
What characterises the Cluster B personality disorders?
Problems of impulse control and emotion regulation
What happens in borderline personality disorder?
Loss of ability to manage emotions in situations where one would felt to be abandoned by an important person.
->This would be associated with suicidal behaviour to manage such emotions in many cases, as well as a gross instability of one’s identity
What happens in Histrionic personality disorder?
Dramatic, yet shallow, show of emotion.
Use of interpersonal seductiveness as a way to manage disturbance of identity.
What happens in Narcissistic personality disorder?
Someone being extremely self-important and selfish on their interactions as a way of covering over extremely deficient self-esteem
What happens in Antisocial personality disorder?
Often involves repeated violent or criminal behaviour with impairment of ordinary remorsefulness
What characterises the Cluster C personality disorders?
Abnormal management of anxiety.
List some of the disorders that fall under the category of Cluster C personality disorders.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Dependant Personality Disorder
->remember tiktoks of avoidant attachment styles
What happens in Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
Over-rigidity and reliance on management of one’s environment and routine to prevent overwhelming anxiety
What happens in Avoidant personality disorder?
Ingrained tendency to manage anxiety symptoms by gross avoidance.
Usually leads to piling-up of problems.
What happens in Dependant personality disorder?
Avoiding anxiety by delegating any major responsibility for oneself to someone else
What is a core feature of the dissociality trait?
Disregard for the rights and feelings of others.
Can present as being self-centred or having a lack of empathy
