Personality disorders - aa

Question 1

Defensive, oversensitive, secretive, suspicious, hyperalert

treatment?

Answer 1

paranoid - antipsychotics

Question 2

Pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships, restricted range/expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, lacks close friends, appears indifferent to praise/criticism from others
(treatment?)

Answer 2

schizoid - group therapy, CBT?

Question 3

Pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits PLUS odd beliefs, magical thinking, superstitions, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations
(treatment?)

Answer 3

schizotypal - antipsychotics

Question 4

Selfish, callous, promiscuous, impulsive, disregards rights of others, lack of remorse
(treatment?)

Answer 4

antisocial - group therapy

Question 5

Impulsive, unstable/intense personal relationships, suffused with anger, fear, guilt, feelings of emptiness, history of being abused, fearful of being abandoned
(treatment?)

Answer 5

borderline - DBT, dialectical behavior therapy; drugs for specific components: lithium for anger/impulsivity, SSRIs for mood fluctuation, etc.

Question 6

Excessively self-centered, self-absorbed; grandiosity, lack of empathy for others, exaggerates accomplishments
(treatment?)

Answer 6

narcissistic - group therapy with other narcissists

Question 7

Pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking; uncomfortable in situations in which he/she is not the center of attention; inappropriately sexually seductive
(treatment?)

Answer 7

histrionic - psychotherapy

Question 8

Passive, overaccepting, unable to make decisions, lacks confidence, submissive and clinging behavior
(treatment?)

Answer 8

dependent - SSRIs, therapy

Question 9

Perfectionist, rigid thought patterns, need for control, preoccupied with lists, details, rules; overconscientious, scupulous, inflexible
(treatment?)

Answer 9

obsessive-compulsive - SSRIs, cognitive behavioral therapy

Question 10

Resents demands placed on them by others and resists them indirectly via procrastination, stubbornness, intentional inefficiency & memory lapses

Answer 10

passive aggressive