Personality disorders

Question 1

Which psychological treatment is particularly useful in emotionally unstable personality disorder?

Answer 1

Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) - helps patients regulate their emotions better, increases interpersonal relationship skills

Question 2

What is a personality disorder?

Answer 2

Enduring, persistent and pervasive disorder of the inner experience and behaviour that causes significant distress or impairment in social functioning

Question 3

What personality disorder types fall into cluster A of ICD-10 classification?

Answer 3

Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal

Question 4

What personality disorder types fall into cluster B of ICD-10 classification?

Answer 4

Antisocial, emotionally-unstable, histrionic, narcissistic

Question 5

What personality disorder types fall into cluster C of ICD-10 classification?

Answer 5

Anxious, dependent, obsessive-compulsive