Personality Disorders Flashcards
Personality Disorders:
Patterns of relating to and understanding others that are so maladaptive, inflexible, and deeply ingrained that they produce significant social impairment. Personality disorders are usually recognizable in one’s adolescence
Paranoid Personality Disorder:
Non-delusional paranoia; unjustified doubts; misreading harmless remarks or events; quick reactions of anger; holding grudges; expectation of being exploited; unjustified questions re: fidelity of partner.
(“Odd and Eccentric Behavior”)
Schizoid Personality Disorder:
Detachment from social relationships; they CHOOSE to be alone; restricted range of affect; lack of close friends; flat affect; emotionally cold; lack of desire for relationships; lack of sexual desire; indifference to opinion of others; lack of pleasure in activities.
(“Odd and Eccentric Behavior”)
Schizotypal Personality Disorder:
Inappropriate or constricted affect; irrational beliefs; magical thinking; ideas of reference; extreme social anxiety; unusual perceptual experiences (illusions); lack of close friends; paranoid ideation; eccentric appearance
(“Odd and Eccentric Behavior”)
Histrionic Personality Disorder:
Constant demands for approval/praise; exaggeration of emotion; discomfort when not the center of attention; sexual seductiveness; use of physical appearance to draw attention; content of speech lacking detail; suggestibility; rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions; belief that relationships are more intimate than they really are; view of themselves as glamorous and impressive.
(“Dramatic-Erratic Behavior”)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
Sense of entitlement; using others for personal gain; grandiosity; belief that they are special/unique; need for excessive admiration; lack of empathy; envious of others and belief that others are envious of them; fantasies of success/power/love; arrogance.
(“Dramatic-Erratic Behavior”)
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Unstable relationships; alternation between idealization and devaluation (good object-bad object); feelings of emptiness; mood reactivity; angry outbursts followed by shame/guilt; impulsivity that is self- damaging; avoidance of abandonment (real or perceived); suicidal threats; self- mutilating behaviors; identity disturbance; transient paranoia or dissociation.
(“Dramatic-Erratic Behavior”)
Antisocial Personality Disorder:
Frequent physical fights or assaults; irresponsibility; deceitfulness; reckless disregard for safety; impulsive behavior; lack of remorse.
(“Dramatic-Erratic Behavior”)
Avoidant Personality Disorder:
Fear of being ridiculed; social inhibition; poor self- image; preoccupation with being criticized or rejected in social situations; avoidance of new activities; reluctance to take personal risks; restraint in intimate relationships; desire for social relationships; feelings of loneliness.
(“Anxious and Fearful Behavior”)
Dependent Personality Disorder:
Need for excessive advice/reassurance; need for others to assume responsibility; difficulty doing things independently; lack of self- confidence; going to great lengths to be nurtured/supported; feelings of helplessness; moving from one relationship to the next to receive care and support; difficulty disagreeing with others; need for approval; preoccupation with being left to take care of oneself.
(“Anxious and Fearful Behavior”)
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder:
Preoccupation with details, rules, lists, or organization; perfectionism; stubbornness; insistence that others do things “their way;” overly conservative with money; excessive devotion to work or productivity; reluctance to delegate to others; inflexibility around morals, ethics, values, etc.; difficulty throwing things out (even when useless or lacking in sentimental value).
(“Anxious and Fearful Behavior”)
