PERSONALITY DISORDERS Flashcards
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what are personality disorders?
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- disorders marked by persistent, inflexible, maladaptive patterns of thought and behaviour
- develops in early adulthood/adolescence
- impairs ability to function
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trait domains PD is based on
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negative affectivity detachment antagonism disinhibition psychotism
3
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individual PD - DSM-5
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- shcizotypal PD
- antisocial PD
- BPD
- narcissistic PD
- obsessive compulsive PD
- avoidant PD
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prevalence of PD
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- most common –> schizoid, avoidant and paranoid
- worldwide estimates - 4-15%
5
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history of diagnosis of PD
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- diagnosis of exclusion
- label used for those difficult to help
6
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difficulties with diagnosis of PD
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- clinicians bypass general diagnostic requirements
- types = subjective
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criteria for general PD
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ongoing rigid pattern of though and behaviour with 2 or more: - cognition - affectivity - interpersonal functioning - impulse control consistent and long lasting pattern
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cluster A of PD
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- schizotypal PD
- schizoid PD
- dilutional disorder
- schizoaffective disorder
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cluster B of PD
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anti social PD
10
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cluster C of PD
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obsessive compulsive PD
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cluster A aetiology
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- genetic link
- neurobiological evidence - similarity in abnormal brain development and physiological evidence
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Cluster B aetiology
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- MZ > DZ
- genetics likely to interact with environment
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physiological evidence for cluster B
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- lower reactivity levels of skin conductance
- no startle response
- slow automatic arousal to emotional/distressting stimuli
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cluster C aetiology
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- low comorbidity with OCD (22%)
- linked to manipulation/guilt induction parenting style (Aycicegi et al., 2002)
- not a lot of research
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maintenance factors of PD
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- emotion dysregulation - mediated associationg between BPD symptom severity at baseline and affective instability and identity disturbance at 12 month follow up, consistent with emotional dysregulation as maintenance factor
- not seeking support/help (Lenzenweger, 2006)
