Personality Disorders

Question 1

Behavioral features of personality disorders

Answer 1

• Lack of insight
• Anxiety
• Impulsivity
• Displacement
• Create crisis
• Rigid
• Inflexible
• Difficulty adapting

Question 2

Paranoid Personality Disorder pattern (3)

Answer 2

Distrust, suspiciousness, others’ motives are interpreted as malevolent

Question 3

Paranoid Personality Disorder symptoms (5)

Answer 3

• Hypervigilant
• Constantly on guard
• Avoid interaction with others
• Intimidating
• Bears grudges

Question 4

Schizoid Personality Disorder pattern (2)

Answer 4

Detachment from social relationships, restricted range of emotional expression

Question 5

Schizoid Personality Disorder (7)

Answer 5

• Lifelong pattern of social withdrawal
• Unsociable
• Prefer to work alone
• Cold
• Aloof
• Indifferent

Question 6

Schizotypal Personality Disorder pattern

Answer 6

ACUTE discomfort in close relationships; cognitive or perceptual distortions; eccentricities of behavior

Question 7

Schizotypal symptoms (8)

Answer 7

• Magical thinking
• Unusual perceptual experiences
• Odd beliefs
• Ideas of reference
• Suspiciousness
• Paranoia
• Inappropriate affect
• Lack of close friends

Question 8

Antisocial Personality Disorder pattern

Answer 8

Disregard for others, violation of others’ rights

Question 9

Antisocial symptoms (8)

Answer 9

• Inability to conform to social norms
• Consistent irresponsibility
• Repeated lying
• Lack of remorse
• Irritability
• Aggressiveness
• Deceitfulness
• At least 18 years old

Question 10

Histrionic Personality Disorder pattern

Answer 10

Excessive emotionality and attention seeking

Question 11

Histrionic Personality Disorder symptoms

Answer 11

• Difficulty maintaining long lasting relationships
• Colorful
• Dramatic
• Extroverted behavior
• Self-dramatizing
• Attention seeking
• Overly gregarious
• Seductive

Question 12

Narcissistic Personality Disorder pattern

Answer 12

Grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy

Question 13

Narcissistic Personality Disorder symptoms

Answer 13

• Exaggerated sense of self-worth
• Hypersensitive to the eval of others
• Believe they are entitled to special rights and privileges because they see themselves as superior
• Optimistic, relaxed, cheerful mood
• Exploitation of others for self-gratification - impairs relationships

Question 14

Avoidant Personality Disorder pattern

Answer 14

Social Inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation

Question 15

Avoidant Personality Disorder Symptoms

Answer 15

• Sensitive to rejection
• Socially isolates
• Awkward
• Uncomfortable
• Slow constrained speech
• Frequent hesitations
• Lonely

Question 16

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder pattern

Answer 16

Preocupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control

Question 17

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder symptoms

Answer 17

• Disciplined
• Perfectionistic
• Preoccupied
• Lack of spontaneity
• Inflexible
• Meticulous
• Rank conscious

Question 18

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) pattern

Answer 18

Pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects, and marked impulsivity

Question 19

BPD symptoms

Answer 19

• Intense and chaotic relationships
• Affective instability
• Fluctuation attitudes
• Clingy
• Splitting
• Self destructive
• Always in crisis
• Depression
• Inability to be alone

Question 20

Goal of personality disorder treatment

Answer 20

Reduce the inflexibility of personality features that interfere with functioning and relationships

Question 21

What kind of therapy is great for personality disorder?

Answer 21

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

Question 22

Counter-Transference

Answer 22

Nurse’s behavioral and emotional response to the patient

• Feelings may be r/t unresolved feelings towards others in the nurse’s past
• Feelings are triggered by pt’s behavior