Personality Disorders

Question 1

Id

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personality component working to satisfy basic urges and desires

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Ego

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component represented by conscious decision making; ie the Judge

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Superego

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ethical component that provides moral standards, represents self-idealized image

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splitting:

commonly seen in:

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people are all good or all bad

borderline personality disorder

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projection:

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attributing unacceptable thoughts/feelings as originating from external source

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projective identification

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one person projects a thought/feeling and then interacts with person to inspire said feeling in that person

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denial

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avoiding existence of painful reality

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dissociation

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disconnecting self from current reality

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acting out

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avoiding painful feeling by doing something that shows feeling without being consciously aware of it ie tantrums

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regression

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returning to earlier way of functioning in order to avoid feelings prompted by current developmental period

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repression

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INVOLUNTARILY holding idea or feeling from conscious awareness

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isolation of affect

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affect repressed, thought remains conscious

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intellectualization

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substitution of excessive thinking to take place of painful feelings

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rationalization

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creating justifications for problematic events/feelings

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displacement

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transferring avoided ideas or feelings into a neutral person or object

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somatization

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thought or feeling experienced as bodily sensation

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undoing

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reversing something experienced as unacceptable

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reaction formation

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replacing an unconsciously feeling by emphasis on its opposite

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altuism

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alleviating negative feelings via unsolicited generosity

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sublimation

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replacing unnaceptable wish with course of action in a useful form. ie taking anger out on punching bag

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supression

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conscious decision to put thought or affect out of ones mind
*must deal with it at some point

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transference

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feelings towards a different person or figure in their lives that the patient directs towards physician
ie father troubles–>male doc troubles

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counter-transference

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what patient evokes in physician

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actions of patients with personality disorders are typically ego_____

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systonic

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personality disorders are diagnosed in ____

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adulthood

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Remember the three clusters by A= B= C=

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weird wild worried

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Cluster ___ : anxious or fearful

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C (cowardly, compulsive, clingy)

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Cluster __: odd or eccentric, can't develop meaningful social relationships

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A (aloof and awkward)

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Cluster __: dramatic, emotional, or erratic

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B (bad to the bone)

Question 30

The three cluster A personality disorders are

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paranoid schizoid schiotypal

Question 31

eccentric appearance, odd beliefs, awkwardness: ____personality disorder

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schizotypal (old cat lady)

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voluntary social withdrawal, limited emotional expression, CONTENT with social isolation = ________ personality disorder

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schizoid (hermit in the woods)

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pervasive distrust and suspicion. everyone is out to get them = ___ personality disorder

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paranoid

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Excessive emotionality, attention seeking, sexually provacative, low self esteem = ____ personality disorder

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histrionic

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Grandiosity, sense of entitlement; requires excessive admiration due to low self worth = _____ personality disorder

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narcissistic

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Disregard for/violation of rights of others; criminality and impulsivity; no remorse = ____ personality disorder

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antisocial

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Patients less than 18 years old with borderline personality disorder symptoms are said to have _____

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conduct disorder

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unstable mood/relationships, impulsive, self mutilative, sense of emptiness = _____ personality disorder

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borderline

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2 major defensive mechanisms of borderline PD

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splitting | projective identification

Question 40

patients with borderline PD usually have a history of _____ and are at increased risk of _____

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abuse | suicide

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dialctical behavior therapy is used to treat _____

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borderline personality disorder

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preocupation with order, perfectionism, control = ____ PD

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obsessive compulsive

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in contrast to OCD, Obsessive compulsive personality disorder has feelings and actions that are ____ to the patient

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ego-systonic

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hypersensitive to rejection, socially awkward and timid, DESIRES relationships with others = ____ PD

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Avoidant

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submissive and clingy, low self confidence, needs to be taken care of = ___ PD

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dependent

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Childhood separation anxiety and chronic illness are often seen in adults with ____ PD

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dependent