Personality Disorders

Question 1

What is a personality disorder?

Answer 1

Patter of inner experience and behaviour that deviates from expectations of individuals culture.
Manifested in 2 or more areas:
Cognition
Affectivity 
Interpersonal functioning 
Impulse control

Question 2

What portion of population have a personality disorder?

Answer 2

10.6%

Question 3

What is a cluster A personality disorder?

Answer 3

Odd and eccentric

Question 4

What is a cluster B personality disorder?

Answer 4

Dramatic and emotional

Question 5

What is a cluster C personality disorder?

Answer 5

dramatic and emotional

Question 6

What PDs are in cluster A?

Answer 6

Paranoid PD

Schizoid PD

Question 7

What PDs are in cluster B?

Answer 7

Antisocial PD
Borderline PD
Histrionic PD

Question 8

What PDs are in cluster C?

Answer 8

Avoidant PD
Dependent PD
Obsessive compulsive PD

Question 9

Characteristics of paranoid PD

Answer 9

Suspicious of others harming, exploiting or deceiving them
Reads hidden demeaning/threatening messages
Holds grudges
Perceived attacks on themselves and reacts angrily/ counter attacks

Question 10

Characteristics of schizoid PD

Answer 10

Doesn't like closed relationships 
Chooses solitary activities 
Little interest in sex 
Emotional coldness, detachment 
Lacks close friends 
Appears indifferent to praise or criticism

Question 11

Characteristics of antisocial PD

Answer 11

Failure to behave lawfully 
Deceitfulness
Impulsive/ failure to plan ahead 
Irritable and aggressive 
Reckless 
Irresponsible 
Lack of remorse

Question 12

Characteristics of borderline PD

Answer 12

Frantic efforts to avoid real/ imagined abandonment
Unstable and intense interpersonal relationships
Identity disturbance
Impulsive
Recurrent suicidal behaviour, gestures and threats
Chronic feelings of emptiness
Inappropriate and intense anger

Question 13

Characteristics of histrionic PD

Answer 13

Uncomfortable when not centre of attention
Often inappropriately sexual towards others
Rapid shifting or shallow expression of emotions
Uses physical appearance to draw attention to self
Self dramatisation, theatrical, exaggerated expression of emotion
Considers relationships more intimate than they are

Question 14

Characteristics of avoidant PD

Answer 14

Avoids accusations activities with significant interpersonal contact as fears criticism and disapproval
Unwilling to get involved unless certain they will be liked
Restraint with intimate relationships
Preoccupied with being criticised and rejected in social situs
Views self as socially inept and unappealing
Reluctant to take personal risks

Question 15

Characteristics of dependent PD

Answer 15

Difficulty with everyday decisions
Needs others to assume responsibility of their life
Difficulty expressing agreement
Difficulty doing things on own
Urgently seeks new relationships when one ends
Obsessive lengths to obtain support from others

Question 16

Characteristics of obsessive compulsive PD

Answer 16

Likes list, rules, details, schedules
Perfectionism 
Excessively devoted to work and productivity 
Overconscientious and inflexible 
Reluctant to delegate tasks to others 
Rigidity and stubbornness

Question 17

Which PD can you treat?

Answer 17

Borderline

Question 18

How do you treat borderline PD?

Answer 18

Dialectical behavioural therapy - DBT

Mentalisation