Personality disorders Flashcards
what are the classifications for personality disorder
cluster A- odd and eccentric
cluster B - dramatic, emotional erratic
clusterC- anxious or fearful
what disorders fall under cluster A
paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
what disorders fall under cluster B
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Borderline
Antisocial
what disorders fall under cluster C
Avoidant
dependent
obsessive-compulsive
paranoid
distrust and suspiciousness of others
Schizotypal
reduced capacity for close relationships as well as perceptual distortions and eccentric behavior
Schizoid
detached from social relationships and restricted expression of emotions
Antisocial
disregard for others, violation of rights, lying, stealing and defaulting on debts
boderline
instability of interpersonal relationships, self image, affects and lack of control over impulses
Histrionic
excessively emotional and attention seeking
Narcissistic
grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy
Dependent
feelings of inadequacy, inability to making own decisions, submissive, avoidance of confrontation for fear of loosing support
avoidant
social inhibition
hypersensitive to negative evaluation
obsessive-compulsive
preoccupation with perfectionism, controlling, at the expense of flexibility openness and efficiency
who believes discontinuing prescribed therapy in the belief that herbal therapy is more effecitve
dependent
who is noncompliant
avoidant personality
Misinterpretation leading to acting out, overdosing on a medication, who am I
boderline personality
Who worries about unusual side effects or belief that they are taking something harmful
Schizotypal personality
who goes into minor details while researching their medications
obsessive-compulsive personality
suspects without sufficient basis
- preoccupied with unjustified doubts about loyalty of other
- reads hidden threatening meanings into benign remarks
- suspicious about loyalty of spouse
- persistently bears grudges
Paranoid
- neither desire nor enjoys close relationships
- almost always chooses solitary activities
- have little or any interest in having sexual experiences
- emotionally cold, detached or flat affectively
schizoid
- odd peculiar behavior, idiosyncratic speech and dress
- difficulty with face to face communication
- eccentric beliefs, paranoid tendencies, guarded
- uncomfortable with physical exam
Schizotypal
- superficially cooperative and charming
- impulsive and manipulative
- lack remorse
- little or no regards for rights of others
- deceitful
Antisocial
- interpersonal problems
- idealization and devaluation, splitting
- impulsive, self destructive behavior
- identity distrubance
borderline
- uncomfortable in situations where they are not center of attention
- seductive and proactive
- rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotion
- impressionistic and lack detail
- suggestible
- self dramatization, theatricality, exaggerated expression of emotion
Histrionic
- Grandiose sense of self importance
- preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty or ideal love
- require excessive admiration, interpersonally exploitative, self entitled
- lacks empathy, envious, arrogance
Narcissistic
- preoccupied with details, rules, lists to the extent that major point of activity is lost
- perfectionism that interferes with task completion
- devotion to work at expense of leisure activities and friendships
- inflexibility for moral values and ethics, unable to discard worthless objects
- reluctant to delegate tasks
- miserly spending style towards self or others
Obsessive-compulsive
- difficulty making everyday decisions without excessive amount of advice
- needs others to assume responsibility of his or her life
- difficulty expressing disagreement because of fear of loss of support or approval
- difficulty initiating projects
- urgently seeks another relationship as a source of support if one ends
dependent
- avoid interpersonal contact due to fear of rejection, disapproval and criticism
- unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked
- restraints within intimate relationship
- feelings of inadequacy, inept and unappealing
- reluctant to take personal risks because of fear of embarrassment
Avoidant
what is considered at first line managment
psychotherapy
Are there any medications approved by FDA for personality disorders
no
