Personality Disorders

Question 1

Paranoid 6 symptoms ( 4 or more)

Answer 1

-Pervasive unjustified suspiciousness of being harmed, deceived, or exploited -Unwarranted doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates -Reluctance to confide in others because of suspiciousness -The tendency to read hidden meanings into the innocuous actions of others - Bears grudges for perceived wrongs - Unwarranted suspiciousness of the fidelity of partner

Question 2

Biological causes of Paranoid

Answer 2

Are unknown, Possible but unclear link with Schizophrenia.

Question 3

Psychological influence of Paranoid

Answer 3

Thoughts that people are malicious, deceptive and threatening. Behaviour based on mistaken assumptions about others.

Question 4

Socio-cultural influences of Paranoid

Answer 4

Outsiders may be more susceptible because of unique experiences like prisoners, refugees. Parent’s early teaching may influence. (that the world is a dangerous place)

Question 5

Treatment options

Answer 5

Few seek professional treatment. treatment focuses on developing trust. Cognitive therapy to counter negative thinking. Lack of good outcome studies.

Question 6

Schzoid Personality DIsorder ( 4 or more) out of 7

Answer 6

● Lack of desire for close relationships ● Almost always prefers solitude to companionship ● Lack of friends ● Little interest in sex ● Few or no pleasurable activities ● Indifference to praise or criticism from others ● Flat affect, emotional detachment

Question 7

Biological causes of Schizoid

Answer 7

Low density of dopamine receptors

Question 8

Schizoid psychological

Answer 8

Limited range of emotions

cold and unconnected Unaffected by praise or criticism

Question 9

Social/Cultural schzoid

Answer 9

Lack of social skills prefer solitude lack of interest in close relationships romantic or sexual.

Question 10

Treatment for Schizoid

Answer 10

value on interpersonal relationship

few people seek out professional treatement building empathy and social skills

Question 11

Similarity of schzotypal?

Answer 11

Well, they are socially isolated like schzoid but have other eccentric things.

Question 12

Schzotypal Cormobid with what ?

Answer 12

Avoidant and paranoid

Question 13

Schzotypal Personality Disorder (5/9)

Answer 13

Ideas of reference ● Ideas of Reference ● Lack of close friends ● Peculiar beliefs or magical thinking, e.g., read ppl’s mind ● Unusual perceptions, e.g., distorted feelings about one’s body ● Peculiar patterns of thought and speech ● Suspiciousness or paranoia ● Inappropriate or restricted affect ● Odd or eccentric behavior or appearance ● Anxiety around other people does not diminish with familiarity

Question 14

Similarity of schzotypal?

Answer 14

Well, they are socially isolated like schzoid but have other eccentric things.

Question 15

Schzoid Personality DIsorder ( 4 or more) out of 7

Answer 15

● Lack of desire for close relationships ● Almost always prefers solitude to companionship ● Lack of friends ● Little interest in sex ● Few or no pleasurable activities ● Indifference to praise or criticism from others ● Flat affect, emotional detachment

Question 16

Similarity of schzotypal?

Answer 16

Well, they are socially isolated like schzoid but have other eccentric things.

Question 17

Social/Cultural for schizotypal

Answer 17

Preference for social isolation

Excessive social anxiety

Lack of social skills

Question 18

Biological of Schizotypal

Answer 18

Genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia but without biological or environmental stresses present in that disorder

Question 19

Psychological Shizotypal

Answer 19

Unusual beliefs, behaviour or dress Suspiciousness ideas of reference expressing little emotions Symptoms of MDD

Question 20

Schizotypal Treatment

Answer 20

Main focus on developing social skills

Treatment also addresses depression medical treatment is similar to schizophrenia.

Question 21

What are the symptoms of Anti-social personality disorder?

Answer 21

• Age at least 18
• Evidence of conduct disorder before age 15
• Pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights of others since the age of 15 as shown by at least three of the following:
  1. Repeated law-breaking
  2. Deceitfulness, lying
  3. Impulsivity
  4. Irritability and aggressiveness
  5. Reckless disregard for own safety and that of others
  6. Irresponsibility as seen in unreliable employment or financial history
  7. Lack of remorse

Question 22

What are the biological causes of anti-social?

Answer 22

Genetic vulnerability combined with environmental influences.

Abnormally low cortical arousals

Higher fear threshold.

Question 23

Psychological Anti-social

Answer 23

Difficulty learning to avoid punishments

Indifferent to concerns of others.

Question 24

Social Cultural Anti-social

Answer 24

Criminality

Stress

Exposure to trauma

Inconsistent parental discipline

Socio-economic disadvantage

Question 25

Borderline Personality Disorder (4 or more)

Answer 25

Frantic efforts to avoid abandonment ● Unstable interpersonal relationships in which others are either idealized or devalued ● Unstable sense of self ● Self-damaging, impulsive behaviors in at least two areas, such as spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating ● Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or self-injurious behavior (e.g., cutting self) ● Chronic feelings of emptiness ● Recurrent bouts of intense or poorly controlled anger ● During stress, a tendency to experience transient paranoid thoughts and dissociative symptoms

Question 26

Histronic

Answer 26

Presence of five or more of the following shown in many contexts by early adulthood: ● Strong need to be the center of attention ● Inappropriate sexually seductive behavior ● Rapidly shifting expression of emotions ● Use of physical appearance to draw attention to self ● Speech that is excessively impressionistic and lacking in detail ● Exaggerated, theatrical emotional expression ● Overly suggestible ● Misreads relationships as more intimate than they are

Question 27

avoidant

Answer 27

A pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to criticism as shown by four or more of the following starting in early adulthood in many contexts: ● Avoidance of occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticism or disapproval ● Unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked ● Restrained in intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed ● Preoccupation with being criticized or rejected ● Inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy ● Views self as socially inept or inferior ● Unusually reluctant to try new activities because they may prove embarrasing

Question 28

Dependent

Answer 28

● Difficulty making decisions without excessive advice and reassurance from others ● Need for others to take responsibility for most major areas of life ● Difficulty disagreeing with others for fear of losing their support ● Difficulty doing things on own because of lack of selfconfidence ● Doing unpleasant things as a way to obtain the approval and support of others ● Feelings of helplessness when alone because of lack of confidence in ability to handle things without others ● Urgently seeking new relationship when one ends ● Preoccupation with fears of having to take

Question 29

Obsessive compulsive

Answer 29

Preoccupation with rules, details, and organization to the extent that the point of an activity is lost ● Extreme perfectionism interferes with task completion ● Excessive devotion to work to the exclusion of leisure and friendships ● Inflexibility about morals and values ● Difficulty discarding worthless items ● Reluctance to delegate unless others conform to one’s standards ● Miserliness ● Rigidity and stubbornness