Personality disorders Flashcards
Which personality disorder is described here?
- Failure to conform to social norms with respect to law (Multiple arrests etc)
- Repeatedly lying
- Impulsive
- Reckless disregard of their own and others safety
- Lack of remorse
Anti social personality disorder
Which personality disorder is described here?
- Avoiding of social activities due to fear of rejection
- Unwilling to go into new situations unless sure of being accepted/liked
- Restraint in intimate relationships due to fear of being ridiculed
- Views self as inept
- Social isolation and craving for social contact
Avoidant
Which personality disorder is described here?
- Unstable interpersonal relationships
- Difficulty controlling temper
- Affective instability
- Impulsive sexual and spending behaviour
- Efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment
Borderline
Which personality disorder is described here?
- Difficulty making everyday decisions
- Lack of initiative
- Need for others to have responsibilty for their decisions.
Dependent
What personality disorder is being described here?
- Inappropriate sexual seductiveness
- Need to be the centre of attention
- Rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
- Suggestibility
- Physical appearance used for attention seeking purposes
- Impressionistic speech lacking detail
- Self dramatization
- Relationships considered to be more intimate than they are
Histrionic
What personality disorder is being described here?
- Grandiose sense of self importance
- Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, or beauty
- Sense of entitlement
- Taking advantage of others to achieve own needs
- Lack of empathy
- Excessive need for admiration
- Chronic envy
- Arrogant and haughty attitude
Narcissistic
What personality disorder is being described here?
- Is occupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or agenda to the point that the key part of the activity is gone
- Demonstrates perfectionism that hampers with completing tasks
Is extremely dedicated to work and efficiency to the elimination of spare time activities
- Is meticulous, scrupulous, and rigid about etiquettes of morality, ethics, or values
- Is not capable of disposing worn out or insignificant things even when they have no sentimental meaning
- Is unwilling to pass on tasks or work with others except if they surrender to exactly their way of doing things
- Takes on a stingy spending style towards self and others; and shows stiffness and stubbornness
Obsessive Compulsive
What personality disorder is being described here?
- Hypersensitivity and an unforgiving attitude when insulted
- Unwarranted tendency to questions the loyalty of friends
- Reluctance to confide in others
- Preoccupation with conspirational beliefs and hidden meaning
- Unwarranted tendency to perceive attacks on their character
Paranoid
What personality disorder is being described here?
- Indifference to praise and criticism
- Preference for solitary activities
- Lack of interest in sexual interactions
- Lack of desire for companionship
- Emotional coldness
- Few interests
- Few friends or confidants other than family
Schizoid
What personality disorder is being described here?
- Ideas of reference (differ from delusions in that some insight is retained)
- Odd beliefs and magical thinking
- Unusual perceptual disturbances
- Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness
- Odd, eccentric behaviour
- Lack of close friends other than family members
- Inappropriate affect
- Odd speech without being incoherent
Schizotypal
What is included in the cluster A personality disorders?
“Odd and Eccentric”
- Paranoid
- Schizoid
- Schizotypal
What is included in the cluster B personality disorders?
“Dramatic and Emotional”
- Borderline
- Narcissistic
- Histrionic
- Antisocial
What is included in the cluster C personality disorders?
“Anxious and fearful”
- Avoidant
- Dependant
- Obsessive compulsive
