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Block 16 Psychiatry Module 7 > Personality Disorders > Flashcards

Personality Disorders Flashcards

1
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This personality disorder is frequently diagnosed in females with Fragile X Syndrome

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Schizotypal

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T or F: To deal with histrionic patients, you must avoid being histrionic on any level

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F

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This refers to the characteristic of personality disorders wherein the patients feel ok about having a certain trait

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Egosyntonic

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4
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This Cluster C personality disorder is characterized by the use of the ff defense mechanisms:
Rationalization, isolation, intellectualization, reaction formation, and undoing

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Obsessive-Compulsive

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5
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Slow wave activity on EEG is common in which personality disorders?

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Borderline, Antisocial

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What is a general personality disorder according to DSM-5?

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an enduring pattern of behavior and inner experiences that deviates significantly from the individual’s cultural standards

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7
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Personality disorders of this cluster is common in in the biological relatives of patients with schizophrenia

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Cluster A

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Those with compulsive traits show high levels of which three hormones

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Testosterone, 17-estradiol, and Estrone

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9
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Low platelet monoamine oxicase is associated with which personality traits?

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activity and sociability

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10
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Enumerate Cluster B Personality Disorders

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Dramatic, Impulsive, Erratic

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The four lodestars of the inner life are

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instinct (wish or need), reality, important persons and conscience

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This personality disorder is characterized by grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, and sense of entitlement

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Narcissistic

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What are the traits of those with an anal character?

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Stubborn, parsimonious and highly conscientious

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T or F: When a patient meets the criteria for more than one PD, clinicians should diagnose each

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T

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Differentiate paranoid and schizoid personality disorders by their defense mechanisms

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Persons with paranoid PD use projection

Schizoid PD is associated with withdrawal

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16
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The unsociable nature of schizoid patients rests on which fear

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Fear of Intimacy

17
Q

Enumerate the four areas affected in personality disorders

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  1. Cognitive
  2. Affectivity
  3. Interpersonal function
  4. impulsivity
18
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Histrionic personality disorder has a strong association with which condition?

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somatization disorder (Briquet’s syndrome)

19
Q

Triad of depression

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  1. Negative attitude of themselves
  2. Negative attitude of the world
  3. Negative attitude of the future
20
Q

T or F: Patients with this personality disorder become aggressive when forced to succeed

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F

21
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Therapists deal best with dissociation and denial by using which method?

A

Displacement

22
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This refers to a pattern of behavior that exists throughout the life of an individual

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Personality

23
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Enumerate Cluster A Personality Disorders

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Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

24
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This Cluster A personality disorder is characterized as Pre-Schizophrenic

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Schizotypal

25
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What is the central clinical feature in avoidant personality disorder? What is its main feature?

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Hypersensitivity to rejection; timidity

26
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T or F: abandoning a defense decreases conscious awareness of anxiety and depression

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F

27
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The defense mechanism of Antisocial patients

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Acting out

28
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What are the two poles in the defense mechanism seen in borderline patients?

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Admiration and Devaluation (Splitting)

29
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Enumerate Cluster C Personality Disorders

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Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive

30
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This personality disorder is characterized by emotional instability all the time

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Borderline

31
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T or F: Confrontation of a patient’s use of projection as a defense mechanism guarantees trust in the physician-patient relationship

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F

32
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Patients with this Cluster A personality disorder are usually described as loners

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Schizoid

33
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Patients with borderline personality disorder are unstable in which aspects?

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interpersonal relationship, self-image and affect

Block 16 Psychiatry Module 7 (8 decks)

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