Personality disorders

Question 1

What are the features of antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 1

Failure to conform to social norms by performing unlawful behaviours
Deception and lying
Impulsivness
Irritability and aggressiveness
Reckless disregard for safety of self or other
Lack of remorse

Question 2

What are the features of avoidant personality disorder?

Answer 2

Avoidance of social interaction due to fear to criticism or rejection
Thinking they are being criticised or rejected in social situations
Restraint in intimate relationships due to fear of being ridiculed
Reluctant to take risks due to fear of embarrassment
View self as inept and inferior
Social isolation with a craving for social contact

Question 3

What are the features of borderline personality disorder?

Answer 3

Unstable interpersonal relationships that alternate between being idealised and devaluated
Unstable self image 
Impulsivity 
Recurrent suicidal behaviour
Affective instability
Pseudohallucinations
Feeling empty

Question 4

What are the features of schizoid personality disorder?

Answer 4

Indifference to praise and criticism
Preference for solitary activities
Lack of interest in sexual interactions
Emotionally cold
Few friends

Question 5

What are the features of schizotypal personality disorder?

Answer 5

Ideas of reference (differ from delusions as they have some insight)
Odd beliefs and magical thinking
Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness
Odd behaviour
Lack of close friends
Inappropriate affect