Personality Disorders

Question 1

What are the subgroups of personality disorders?

Give examples for each subgroup

Answer 1

The subgroups (and examples of each) are as follows:

1) Suspicious:
- Paranoid PD
- Schizoid PD
- Antisocial PD

2) Emotional/impulsive:
- Emotionally Unstable PD (EUPD)
- Histrionic PD
- Narcissistic PD

3) Anxious:
- Avoidant PD
- Dependent PD
- Obsessive Compulsive PD (OCPD)

Question 2

What are the features of EUPD?

Answer 2

• Worried about abandonment
• Difficult to form and keep close relationships
• Intense emotions (particularly anger) which can change quickly/are difficult to control
• Act impulsively
• Don’t have a strong sense of identity
• Self harm and suicide

Question 3

Describe the management of EUPD

Answer 3

DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)