Personality Disorders

Question 1

What is a personality disorder?

Answer 1

Enduring pattern of behaviour that deviates markedly from the individual’s culture. Affects:

• Cognition
• Affectivity
• Interpersonal functioning
• Impulse control

Question 2

What is the prominent feature of Cluster A personality disorders?

Answer 2

-Prominent problems with the perceived safety of interpersonal relationships

Question 3

List some examples of Cluster A personality disorders?

Answer 3

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

Question 4

What is the prominent feature of Cluster B personality disorders?

Answer 4

Prominent problems with keeping feelings tolerable without acting

Question 5

List some examples of Cluster B personality disorders?

Answer 5

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Question 6

What is the prominent feature of Cluster C personality disorders?

Answer 6

Prominent problems relate to anxiety and how it is managed (in relationships)

Question 7

List some examples of Cluster C personality disorders?

Answer 7

Obsessive-Compulsive (Anankastic) Personality Disorder

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Dependent Personality Disorder

Question 8

What personality disorder is psychopathy a subset of?

Answer 8

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Question 9

List some treatments that may be used in the treatment of BPD?

Answer 9

Dialectic Behavioural Therapy
Mentalization-Based Treatment
Symptomatic Prescribing
Co-occurring Mental Illness