personality disorders

Question 1

definition of personality disorder

Answer 1

enduring pattern of maladaptive behaviour
stable in spite of mood change
abnormal with cultural/religious group
impairs functioning/causes distress

Question 2

risk factors for personality disorders

Answer 2

psychiatric disease
prison
history of discipline problems

Question 3

what group mainly get dissocial personality disorder

Answer 3

men

Question 4

what group mainly get borderline and histrionic personality disorders

Answer 4

women

Question 5

causes of personality disorders

Answer 5

genetic (risk taking, alcohol)
schizophrenia
anxiety

Question 6

what are the types of personality disorders

Answer 6

paranoid
schizoid/schizotypal 
antisocial (dissocial)
borderline 
histrionic
narcissistic 
anxious/avoidant 
dependant 
obsessive compulsive

Question 7

cluster A personality disorders

Answer 7

mad - associated with schizophrenia
paranoid
schizoid

Question 8

cluster B personality disorders

Answer 8

bad
dissocial
emotionally unstable
histrionic

Question 9

cluster C personality disorders

Answer 9

sad - associated with anxiety
anxious avoidant
dependant
anankastic/obsessive compulsive

Question 10

Dissocial personality disorder criteria

Answer 10

3 of:
callous lack of concern for others
irresponsible/disregard for social norms
cant maintain relationships
low frustration tolerance/violence
lack of guilt/failure to modify behaviour
blames others/rationalises behaviour

Question 11

2 types of emotionally unstable personality disorder

Answer 11

impulsive

borderline

Question 12

impulsive emotionally unstable criteria

Answer 12

3 of
unpredictable
quarrelsome
explosive
desultory (lacking plan, purpose or enthusiasm)
capricious (sudden/unaccountable changes in mood)

Question 13

criteria for borderline emotional unstable

Answer 13

poor self image 
relationship crisis
fear of abandonment 
self-harm 
feelings of emptiness

Question 14

risk factor for emotionally unstable personality disorder

Answer 14

childhood sexual abuse

Question 15

criteria for anankastic/obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Answer 15

4 of:
cautious 
orderliness
perfectionist
conscientiousness
productivity 
pedantic 
rigid

Question 16

criteria for narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 16

5 of:
grandiose
high ideals 
self-opinionated 
needs admiration 
expects privilege 
exploits others 
lacks empathy
envy 
arrogant