Personality Disorders

Question 1

Feelings of persecution; feels that others are conspiring to harm them; suspicious

Answer 1

Paranoid

Question 2

Isolated lifestyle; has no longing for others (“loner”)

Answer 2

Schizoid

Question 3

Eccentric behavior, thought, and speech

Answer 3

Schizotypal

Question 4

Excessive emotion and attention seeking

Answer 4

Histrionic

Question 5

Grandiose; overconcerned with issues of self-esteem

Answer 5

Narcissistic

Question 6

Instability of mood, self-image, and relationships

Answer 6

Borderline

Question 7

Does not recognize the rights of others

Answer 7

Antisocial

Question 8

Shy or timid; fears rejection

Answer 8

Avoidant

Question 9

Dependent, submissive

Answer 9

Dependent

Question 10

Perfectionistic, and inflexible, orderly, rigid

Answer 10

Obsessive-compulsive

Question 11

Personality disorders that more common in women

Answer 11

1. Histrionic (underdiagnosed in men)
2. Borderline
3. Dependent

Question 12

Personality disorders with increased incidence in families w/ schizophrenia

Answer 12

1. Paranoid

2. Schizoid

Question 13

Distrustful, suspicious, litigous

Answer 13

Paranoid

Question 14

Attributes responsibility for own problems to others

Answer 14

Paranoid

Question 15

Interprets motives of others as malevolent

Answer 15

Paranoid

Question 16

Collects guns

Answer 16

Paranoid

Question 17

Long standing pattern of voluntary social withdrawal

Answer 17

Schizoid

Question 18

Detached, restricted emotions, lacks empathy, has no thought disorder,

Answer 18

Schizoid

Question 19

Peculiar appearance

Answer 19

Schizotypal

Question 20

Magical thinking (believing that one’s thoughts can affect the course of events)

Answer 20

Schizotypal

Question 21

Odd thought patterns and behavior without frank pyschosis

Answer 21

Schizotypal

Question 22

Theatrical, extroverted, emotional, sexually provocative, “life of the party”

Answer 22

Histrionic

Question 23

Shallow, vain

Answer 23

Histrionic

Question 24

Cannot maintain intimate relationships, men = “Don Juan” dress and behavior

Answer 24

Histrionic

Question 25

Pompous, with a sense of special entitlement

Answer 25

Narcissistic

Question 26

Lacks empathy for others

Answer 26

Narcissistic

Question 27

Refuses to conform to social norms and shows no concern for others

Answer 27

Antisocial

Question 28

Associated w/ conduct disorder in childhood, criminal behavior in adulthood (“psychopaths”, “sociopaths”

Answer 28

Antisocial

Question 29

Erratic, impulsive, unstable behavior and mood

Answer 29

Borderline

Question 30

Feeling bored, alone, and “empty”

Answer 30

Borderline

Question 31

Suicide attempts for relatively trivial reasons

Answer 31

Borderline

Question 32

Self-mutilation (cutting or burning oneself)

Answer 32

Borderline

Question 33

Often co-morbid w/ mood and eating disorders

Answer 33

Borderline

Question 34

Mini-psychotic episodes (brief periods of loss of contact with reality)

Answer 34

Borderline

Question 35

Overly sensitive to criticism or rejection

Answer 35

Avoidant

Question 36

Feelings of inferiority, socially withdrawn

Answer 36

Avoidant

Question 37

Perfectionistic, orderly, inflexible

Answer 37

OCPD

Question 38

Stubborn and indecisive, ultimately inefficient

Answer 38

OCPD

Question 39

Allows other people to make decisions and assume responsibility for them

Answer 39

Dependent

Question 40

Poor self-confidence, fear of being deserted and alone

Answer 40

Dependent

Question 41

May tolerate abuse by domestic partner

Answer 41

Dependent

Question 42

Procrastinates and is ineffecient

Answer 42

Passive-Aggressive

Question 43

Outwardly agreeable and compliant but inwardly angry and defiant

Answer 43

Passive-Aggressive