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personality disorder criteria

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CAPRI

  • cognition
  • affect
  • personal relations
  • impulse control
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ego-syntonic

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personality disorders

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enduring pattern of behavior/inner experience that deviates from the person’s culture and is pervasive and inflexible

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personality disorder

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schizoid, schizotypal and paranoid

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Cluster A– patients seem eccentric, peculiar and paranoid

*familial association with psychotic disorders

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antisocial, borderline, histronic and narcissistic

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cluster B– patients seem emotional, dramatic or inconsistent

  • familial association with mood disorders
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avoidant, dependant and obsessive-compulsive

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cluster C – patiens seem anxious or fearful

  • familial associations with anxiety disorders
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personality disorders (1) course/prognosis (2) treatment

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(1) generally very difficult to treat, especially since few patients are aware that they need help. chronic and lifelong
(2) psychotherapy is most helpful

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diagnosis requires a general distrust of others, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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paranoid personality disorder

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difference between schizophrenia and PPD

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PPD do not have any fixed delusions and are not frankly psychotic

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which one prefer to be alone: avoidant or schizoid?

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schizoid

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pattern of voluntary social withdrawal and restricted range of emotional expression, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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schizoid

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pattern of social deficits marked by eccentric behavior, cognitivw or perceptual distortions and discomfort with close relationships, beginnign by early adulthoos and present in a variety of context

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shizotypal

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pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights since age 15 (consistent with conduct disorder) but must be at least 18 yo for the dx.

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antisocial

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sxs of antisocial personality disorder

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CONDUCT

  • capriciousness
  • oppressive
  • deceitful
  • unlawful
  • carefree
  • temper
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psychotherapy helpful in antosical disorder?

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nope

** caution of highly addive medication

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pervasive pattern of impulsivity and unstable relationships, affects, self-image and behaviors, present by early adulthood and ina variety of contexts

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borderline personality disorder

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Sxs. of borderline personality disorder

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IMPULSIVE

  • impulsive
  • moody
  • paranoid under stress
  • unstable self-image
  • labile/intense relationships
  • suicidal
  • inappropriate anger
  • vulnerable to abandoment
  • emptiness
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borderline patterns commonly use the defense mechanisms of

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splitting

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pharmacotherapy has been shown to be more useful in _____________ than in any other persoanlity disorder

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Borderline personality disorder

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pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking, present by early adulthood and in avariety of contexts

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histrionic personality disorder

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histronic patients often use the defense mechanism of _________

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regression– they revert to childlike behaviors

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pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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narcissistic personality disorder

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pattern of social inhibition, hypersensitivity and feeling of inadequancy since early adulthood

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avoidant personality disorder

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Sxs. of avoidant personality disorder

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AFRAID

  • avoids occupation with others
  • fear of embarassment and criticism
  • reserved unless they are certain that they are liked
  • always thinking of rejection
  • isolates from relationships
  • distances self unless certain that they are liked
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pattern of excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior

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dependent personality disorder

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Sxs. dependent personality disorder

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OBEDIENT

  • obsessive about approval
  • bound by other’s decisions
  • enterprises are rarely initiated due to their lack of self-confidence
  • difficult to make own decisions
  • invalid feelings while alone
  • engrossed with fears of self-reliance
  • needs to be in a relationship
  • tentative about decisions
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Many people w/ debilitating illnesses can develop dependent traits. However, to be diagnosed with DPD, the features must manifest in

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early adulthood

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Pattern of preocupation with orderliness, control and perfectionism at the expense of efficiency and flexibility, present by early adulthood and in a variety of contexts

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obsessive compulsive personality disorder

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_________ often decrease the intrusive thoughts associated with OCD

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SSRIs

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persistent personality changes from a previous pattern due to the direct pathophysiological result of a medical condition. subtypes include labile, disinhibited, aggressive, apathetic or paranoid

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personality change due to another medical condition

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diagnosis reserved for a personality disorder that does not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders, but hwere the clinician chooses to communicate the specific reason that the presentation does not meet the criteria for any specific personality disorder

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other specifiec personality disorder

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diagnosis is used for a personality disorder that does not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders, but where the clinician chooses not o specify the reason that the criteria are not met for any specific personality disorder

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unspecified personality disorder

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