Personality Disorders

Question 1

Odd-eccentric personality disorder characterized by a desire to avoid close relationships as well as by emotional aloofness, reclusivity, and a lack of humor.

Answer 1

Schizoid personality disorder

Question 2

odd-eccentric personality disorder characterized by a desire to live an isolated and asocial life, but also by the presence of odd thoughts and beliefs.

Answer 2

Schizotypal personality disorder

Question 3

Odd-eccentric personality disorder characterized by extreme suspicions and mistrust of others in unwarranted and maladaptive ways.

Answer 3

Paranoid personality disorder

Question 4

Dramatic-emotional personality disorder characterized by the desire to be the center of attention and by dramatic, seductive, flamboyant, and exaggerated behaviors
Shallow in their relationships with others.

Answer 4

Histrionic personality disorder

Question 5

Dramatic-emotional personality disorder characterized by having an extremely positive and arrogant self-image and being extraordinarily self-centered; other symptoms are exaggerated sense of self-importance and grandiosity.

Answer 5

Narcissistic personality disorder

Question 6

Dramatic-emotional personality disorder that is characterized by out-of-control emotions, fear of being abandoned by others, and a vacillation between idealizing and despising people who are close to the person with the disorder.
More likely to hurt themselves, or have an eating disorder.

Answer 6

Borderline personality disorder

Question 7

Dramatic-emotional personality disorder characterized by extremely impulsive, deceptive, violent, ruthless, and callous behaviors; a serious and potentially dangerous disorder.

Answer 7

Antisocial personality disorder

Question 8

Anxious-fearful personality disorder characterized by extreme fear of being criticized, low self-esteem, and avoidance of social interaction.
Tend to choose professions that allow them to be alone.

Answer 8

Avoidant personality disorder

Question 9

Anxious-fearful personality disorder characterized by fear of being rejected and having a strong need to be cared for.
Form clingy and dependent relationships with others.

Answer 9

Dependent personality disorder

Question 10

Anxious-fearful personality disorder characterized by rigid habits and extreme perfectionism; more general that obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Answer 10

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

Question 11

Childhood personality disorder characterized by inability to focus attention for more than a few minutes, to remain still and quiet, to do careful work

Answer 11

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)