Personality Disorders Flashcards
Pathological defense mechanisms
Normal in children
- denial
- distortion
- splitting = pitting people of authority against each other; if people meet my needs i like if they don’t I hate
Immature defenses
- acting out
- externalization
- fantasy
- idealization
- omnipotent control
- passive aggressive
- projection (PARANOIA)
- projective identification
- somatization
Neurotic defenses
- displacement
- dissociation
- hypochondriasis
- intellectualization
- isolation
- rationalization
- reaction formation
- regression
- repression/blocking
- undoing
Mature Higher Order defenses
- altruism
- anticipation
- humor
- ID
- Introjection
- Sublimation (work more)
- Suppression
Reaction formation
Do opposite of anxiety-producing thoughts
All defense mechs pathological?
No, many just adaptation
Defense mechanism
Depression
Introjection
Defense mechanism
Psychosis/paranoia
Projection
Defense mechanism
Obsessive/compulsive
Undoing
Defense mechanism
Antisocial
Omnipotent control
Defense mechanism
Borderline personality
- Splitting
* Projective Identification = patient pushing chaos onto healthcare team
Personality =
Habitual pattern develops over first 2 decades of life then change a little
Trait vs State
Trait= personality, longstanding
State = non-permanent
Shared environmental influences
- factors w/in family, attachment behavior b/w infant/toddler and caregiver; psyc fit b/w caretaker + infant’s temperament
- EARLY
Non-shared
- as older
* 20-25 = neural development complete, less role