Personality disorders

Question 1

what are the classifications for personality disorder

Answer 1

cluster A- odd and eccentric
cluster B - dramatic, emotional erratic
clusterC- anxious or fearful

Question 2

what disorders fall under cluster A

Answer 2

paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Question 3

what disorders fall under cluster B

Answer 3

Histrionic
Narcissistic
Borderline
Antisocial

Question 4

what disorders fall under cluster C

Answer 4

Avoidant
dependent
obsessive-compulsive

Question 5

paranoid

Answer 5

distrust and suspiciousness of others

Question 6

Schizotypal

Answer 6

reduced capacity for close relationships as well as perceptual distortions and eccentric behavior

Question 7

Schizoid

Answer 7

detached from social relationships and restricted expression of emotions

Question 8

Antisocial

Answer 8

disregard for others, violation of rights, lying, stealing and defaulting on debts

Question 9

boderline

Answer 9

instability of interpersonal relationships, self image, affects and lack of control over impulses

Question 10

Histrionic

Answer 10

excessively emotional and attention seeking

Question 11

Narcissistic

Answer 11

grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy

Question 12

Dependent

Answer 12

feelings of inadequacy, inability to making own decisions, submissive, avoidance of confrontation for fear of loosing support

Question 13

avoidant

Answer 13

social inhibition

hypersensitive to negative evaluation

Question 14

obsessive-compulsive

Answer 14

preoccupation with perfectionism, controlling, at the expense of flexibility openness and efficiency

Question 15

who believes discontinuing prescribed therapy in the belief that herbal therapy is more effecitve

Answer 15

dependent

Question 16

who is noncompliant

Answer 16

avoidant personality

Question 17

Misinterpretation leading to acting out, overdosing on a medication, who am I

Answer 17

boderline personality

Question 18

Who worries about unusual side effects or belief that they are taking something harmful

Answer 18

Schizotypal personality

Question 19

who goes into minor details while researching their medications

Answer 19

obsessive-compulsive personality

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Paranoid

Question 21

• 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

Answer 21

schizoid

Question 22

• odd peculiar behavior, idiosyncratic speech and dress
• difficulty with face to face communication
• eccentric beliefs, paranoid tendencies, guarded
• uncomfortable with physical exam

Answer 22

Schizotypal

Question 23

• superficially cooperative and charming
• impulsive and manipulative
• lack remorse
• little or no regards for rights of others
• deceitful

Answer 23

Antisocial

Question 24

• interpersonal problems
• idealization and devaluation, splitting
• impulsive, self destructive behavior
• identity distrubance

Answer 24

borderline

Question 25

- 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

Answer 25

Histrionic

Question 26

- 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

Answer 26

Narcissistic

Question 27

- 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

Answer 27

Obsessive-compulsive

Question 28

- 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

Answer 28

dependent

Question 29

- 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

Answer 29

Avoidant

Question 30

what is considered at first line managment

Answer 30

psychotherapy

Question 31

Are there any medications approved by FDA for personality disorders

Answer 31

no