Personality Disorders

Question 1

Immature defenses

Answer 1

Acting out
Externalization
Fantasy
Passive Aggression
Control
Etc

Question 2

Neurotic Defenses

Answer 2

Displacement
Dissociation
Hypochondriasis
Intellectualization
Isolation
Rationalization

Question 3

Higher order mature defenses

Answer 3

Altruism
Anticipation
Humor
Identification
Suppression

Question 4

Personality Disorders epidemiology

Answer 4

6-9% of US population

Mild to serious

Onset in adolescents or early adulthood

Question 5

Personality

Answer 5

A combinatoin of stable habitual patterns that are characteristic of a person.

Question 6

Does personality change after you are 20 years old?

Answer 6

Fuck no. Sorry.

Question 7

Personality is a product of

Answer 7

Genetic, evironmental, and social factors

Question 8

Personality Disorders Definition

Answer 8

An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectation of the culture, going back to at least early adulthood.

Question 9

Personality Disorders Manifest in what areas?

Answer 9

Cognition

Affectivity

Interpersonal Functioning

Impulse Control

Question 10

Paranoid PD

Answer 10

Why are you asking me this? What do you know? Have you been watching me?

The tendency to misinterpret the actions of others as deliberately harmful. - militia, hate groups, lone gunman.

Question 11

Schizoid PD

Answer 11

Detachment from others - LACK OF INTEREST IN SOCIAL ACTIVITY OR RELATIONSHIPS

Question 12

Schizotypal PD

Answer 12

Detachment from others CAUSED BY DISCOMFORT. Eccentric, peculiar, or odd behavior.

Question 13

Histrionic PD

Answer 13

Excessive emotional, attention seeking behavior

Question 14

Narcissistic PD

Answer 14

Grandiosity, lack of empathy - think Donald Trump.

Question 15

Antisocial PD

Answer 15

Guiltless, exploitative and irresponsible - conscious deceit of others. Think Tywin Lannister

Question 16

Borderline PD

Answer 16

Pervasive instability - disruptive to personal life, planning, and relationships.

Question 17

Obsessive compulsive PD

Answer 17

Rigidity, order, perfectionism.

Question 18

Avoidant PD

Answer 18

Inhibition, introversion, and ANXIETY in social situations

Question 19

Dependent PD

Answer 19

Submissive behavior, excessive need for emotional support.

Question 20

PD treatment

Answer 20

Open ended approach - look for patterns, consider drugs, cognitive behavioral therapy, individual, and group therapy. Different disorders require different approaches.

Question 21

How do you differentiate schizotypal from avoidant disorders?

Answer 21

Schizotypal is more of a “magical thinking” - ideas of reference issue “Everyone is watching me”

Avoidant - more traditional social anxiety “I don’t want to be judged or feel stupid”