Personality Disorders Flashcards
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Cluster A traits
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Pt seems peculiar, withdrawn
Familial association w/ psychotic d/o
2
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Cluster B traits
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Pt seems emotional, dramatic, incompetent
Familial association mood d/o
3
Q
Cluster C traits
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Pt seems anxious, fearful
Familiy association with anxiety d/o
4
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Cluster A disorders
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Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal
5
Q
Cluster B disorders
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Antisocial, borderline, histronic, narcissistic
6
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Cluster C disorders
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Dependent, avoidant, OCD
7
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Paranoid (4)
SUSPECT
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Spouse infidelity suspected Unforgiving w/ grudges Suspicious of others Perceives attacks, reacts quick "Enemy or friend" (loyalty?) Confiding in others feared Threats perceived in benign sitch
8
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Schizoid (4)
DISTANT
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Detached, flat affect Indiff to criticism + praise Sex - not interested Tasks done solitarily Absence of close friends Neither desires/enjoys close relationships Takes pleasure in few activities
9
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Schizotypal (5)
ME PECULIAR
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Magical thinking, odd beliefs Experiences unusual prcptns Paranoid ideation Eccentric behave/appearance Constricted/inapprop affect Lacks close friends Ideas of reference Anxiety in social sitch (R)ule out psychotic d/o, pervasive developmental d/o
10
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Antisocial (3)
CORRUPT
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Conformity to law lacking Obligation ignored Reckless to self-safety/others safety Remorse lacking Underhanded (lies, cons others) Planning insufficient (impulsive) Temper (irritable/aggressive)
11
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Borderline personality (5) AM SUICIDE
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Abandonment
Mood instable
Suicidal/self-mutilating Unstable,intense relationship Impulsive (2+ areas) Control of anger lacking Identity disturbance Dissociative/paranoid sx (stress-related) Emptiness (chronic feelings of)
12
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Histronic (5)
PRAISE ME
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Provocative behavior Rltnshp: intimate >> reality Attention-needs 2 b center of Influenced easily Speech impressionistic, detail lacking Emotions rapid shifting, shallow "Made-up" physical appearance Emotions theatrical
13
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Narcissistic (5)
SPEEECIAL
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Special-believes he is Preocc: fantasy of unlimited success Entitlement Envious (of others+viceversa) Excess admiration needed Conceited (self-importance) Interpersonal exploitation Arrogant/haughty Lacks empathy
14
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Avoidant (4)
CRINGES
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- Certainty of bein liked needed
- Rjctn/criticism: preoccupied w/
- Intimate restraint: fear of shame
- New friends (inhibited around)
- Gets around occupation activity involving intraper contact
- Embarassment prevents risk
- Self-viewed as inferior
15
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Dependent (5)
RELIANCE
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- Reassurance required
- Express disagreemnt diff. (d/t fear of loss of support)
- Life responsibilities (need to be assumed by others)
- Initiating projects hard (low self-confidence)
- Alone: feels helpless
- Nurturance (goes to excessive lengths for it)
- Companionship urgent when close relationship ends
- Exaggerated fears of being left alone to care for self
