Personality Disorders Flashcards
Describe what personality disorders are?
- enduring patter of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture
- is pervasive and inflexible
- onset can be as early as adolescence or early adulthood
- stable over time
- leads to distress or impairment
What are the different personality disorders?
- Paranoid
- Schizoid
- Schizotypal
- Anitsocial
- Borderline
- Histrionic
- Narcissistic
- Avoidant
- Dependent
- Obsessive-Compulsive
Describe the characteristics of Schizoid PD.
Restricted range of emotions and a pattern of detachment from others.
- lack of close relationships
- solitary preferred
- minimal interest in sexual activity
- no pleasure in activities
- absence of friends or confidants
- indifference to praise or criticism
- emotional detachment, coldness or flat affect
Schizotypal Disorder is characterized by a pattern of Deficits in interpersonal skills and a decreased capacity for close relationships. True or False
True
What is the main difference between Schizotypal and Schizoid?
Eccentric and or odd behaviors are present and psychotic symptoms may appear in Schizotypal disorders.
Name the right “cluster b” personality disorder for the following.
Antisocial PD, Histrionic PD, Narcissistic PD, Borderline PD, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-complusive.
Can only be diagnosed as an adult and must have been diagnosed as a child with Conduct d/o.
Antisocial PD
Extensive emotionality and attention seeking behaviors are descriptors used to identify this PD.
Histrionic PD
Grandiosity is typical with what PD?
Narcissistic PD
Females are more commonly diagnosed often suffer from relationships that are chaotic due to poor self image/affect and impulsivity.
Borderline PD
Is socially inhibited, has a low self-esteem, and excessive sensitivity to criticism.
Avoidant PD
Obsessive-Compulsive PD is described as
The need for perfection in objects, actions, and asthetics.
Dependent personality is the extreme need to be taken care of. True or False.
True
