Personality Disorders Flashcards
Personality disorders often have what responses to stress
Inflexible and Maladaptive
What percentage of US adults have at least one personality disorder
15%
Personality disorders have the capacity to do what?
Frustrate others and evoke interpersonal conflict
Define personality disorder.
And enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that is stable overtime and leads to distress or impairment.
Individuals that suffer from a personality disorder often have trouble in what type of relationships?
Work and Love
What are the three categories of a cluster A personality disorders?
Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal.
What defines cluster A personality disorders?
Odd and eccentric
Paranoid is what type of cluster personality disorder
a
Define a paranoid personality disorder.
Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others and will interpret others’ motives as Malevolent.
Define schizoid personality disorders.
Detachment from a social relationship and a restricted emotional expression.
Define schizotypal personality disorders.
Acute discomfort in close relationships cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior. (They’re not psychotic, they do not lose contact with reality, and they can be made aware of their distorted thinking and reality)
What are the Characteristics of a cluster B personality disorder.
Dramatic and emotional.
What are the four types of cluster B personality disorders.
Borderline, narcissistic, antisocial, histrionic.
Define borderline personality disorder.
Instability in interpersonal relationships self image and marked impulsivity.
Defined narcissistic personality disorder’s.
Grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
Define antisocial personality disorder’s.
Disregard for, and violation of the rights of others.
Define histrionic personality disorders.
Excessive emotionality and attention seeking.
What are the characteristics of cluster C personality disorders?
Anxious or fearful
What are the three types of cluster C personality disorders?
Obsessive-compulsive, avoidant, dependent.
Define obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control.
Define avoidant personality disorder’s.
Social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
Define dependent personality disorder’s.
Submissive and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of.
What are the nursing cares for cluster A personality disorders.
Realize the client will probably not respond to efforts to build a relationship, and focus on the behavior and not the personality. Allow physical and emotional space to provide safety.
What are the nursing care is for cluster B personality disorders?
The nurse needs to set limits state clearly what she can and cannot do, and keep the schedule. Don’t be offended if criticized.
