Personality Disorders

Question 1

Personality disorder (6 criteria)

Answer 1

A) manifested in >2 areas (cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, impulse control)
B) inflexible and maladaptive thinking
C) significant distress and/or impairment (ego-syntonic)
D) enduring, stable (no date of onset, develops with personality)
E) not due to medical condition
F) not due to substance use

Question 2

Cluster A

Answer 2

“odd”: schizoid, schizotypal, paranoid

Question 3

Cluster B

Answer 3

“dramatic”: antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic

Question 4

Cluster C

Answer 4

“anxious”: avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive

Question 5

antisocial personality disorder

Answer 5

socially irresponsible, manipulative and deceptive, remorseless

Question 6

borderline personality disorder

Answer 6

unstable, impulsive, self-destructive; tendency for self-mutilation (“self-treating”) /suicide attempts

Question 7

narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 7

egocentric, grandiose, craves attention, uses others to meet selfish needs

Question 8

avoidant personality disorder

Answer 8

inhibited, low self-esteem, self-conscious

Question 9

obsessive compulsive personality disroder

Answer 9

perfectionistic, excessively disciplined, aggressive/competitive, inability to relax