Personality Disorders Flashcards
1
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What is personality?
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Personality refers to characteristics, emotional traits, and how we see, think and feel about the world around us.
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What is a personality disorder?
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- An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the persons culture
- Manifested in two (or more) of the following: cognition, affect, interpersonal functioning and impulse control
- Considered inflexible; pervasive; constant crisis and functional impairment; early onset and long duration
- An Axis II disorder (personality/developmental disorders, as opposed to psychotic/schizo Axis I disorders)
3
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What are personality disorders NOT due to?
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- Other mental disorders
- Effects of a substance
- General medical conditions
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What is the etiology of personality disorders?
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- Psychological factors (often occurs with traumatic events, such as crime or sexual violence; it has to be something that really affects the way you see the world around you)
- Under psych factors, also include Freud’s incomplete psychosexual development, and object relations, the ability to relate to others as personality develops
- Genetic factors
- Neurochemical factors
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Describe the epidemiology of personality disorders:
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- Occurs in 10% of population
- High comorbidity rates with depression and panic disorders (25-50%), eating disorders, chronic pain, PTSD and substance abuse
- Wide range of disability from mild to severe
- 10 disorders organized into 3 clusters
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What is Cluster A?
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Odd and eccentric disorders
7
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What is Cluster B?
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Dramatic and erratic disorders
8
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What is Cluster C?
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Anxious and fearful disorders
9
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What personality disorders fall under cluster A?
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- Paranoid personality disorder
- Schizoid personality dis
- Schizotypal personality dis
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What personality disorders fall under cluster B?
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- Antisocial personality dis
- Borderline personality dis
- Histrionic personality dis
- Narcissistic personality dis
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What personality disorders fall under cluster C?
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- Dependent personality dis
- Obsessive compulsive personality dis
- Avoidant personality dis
12
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Describe cluster A disorders:
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- Odd, eccentric
- Difficulty relating to others
- Isolation
- Unusual ideas or perceptions
13
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Describe cluster B disorders:
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- Dramatic, emotional, erratic, flamboyant
- Dramatic approach to life situations
- Difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Impulsive, highly emotional; high risk of self-harm
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Describe cluster C disorders:
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- Anxious, fearful
- Excessive fear
- Social inhibition
- Internalize blame and emotions
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Describe the treatment modalities for personality disorders:
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- Team approach
- OT
- Art
- Music
- Movement
- Recreational
- Individual
- Group
- Family
- Milieu (structuring daily life in low-stimulation, positive, safe environment)
