Personality Disorders - Chapter 4

Question 1

What are the three recognizable personality disorder clusters?

Answer 1

odd and eccentric, dramatic and emotional, and anxious and fearful

Question 2

What are some of the symptoms of someone with paranoid personality disorder?

Answer 2

distrustful, suspicious, anticipate harm, and betrayal

Question 3

What type of patients will show an increased prevalence of paranoid personality disorder?

Answer 3

relatives of patients with chronic schizophrenia and patients with delusional disorders

Question 4

What do people with paranoid personality disorder see the world as?

Answer 4

malevolent

Question 5

What do people with paranoid personality require?

Answer 5

emotional distance

Question 6

Why is it important to differentiate paranoia associated with psychotic disorders from paranoid personality disorders?

Answer 6

because paranoia associated with psychotic disorders is responsive to anti-psychotic medications

Question 7

True/False. Patients with schizoid personality disorders are emotionally detached and want to be left alone.

Answer 7

True.

Question 8

Although schizoid personality disorder patients prefer to be left alone, who do they maintain an important bond with?

Answer 8

a family member

Question 9

What is the difference between schizotypal personality disorder and schizophrenia?

Answer 9

schizotypal disorder is less severe and without sustained psychotic symptoms

Question 10

True/False. People with antisocial personality disorders obey the rules and laws of society.

Answer 10

False. they constantly disregard the rules and laws.

Question 11

In families of an individual with antisocial personality disorder, what do the men and women show higher rates in?

Answer 11

men = substance abuse
women = somatization disorder (pain found in the body without a physical cause)

Question 12

What are some things that an individual with borderline personality disorder suffer from?

Answer 12

instability in relationships, self-image, affect, and impulse control

Question 13

What have females with borderline personality disorder suffered from?

Answer 13

sexual and/or physical abuse

Question 14

What are some clues that help in diagnosing borderline personality disorders?

Answer 14

unstable relationships, unstable self-image, unstable affect, and unstable impulse behavior

Question 15

what are individuals with histrionic personality disorder suffering from?

Answer 15

powerful need for attention

Question 16

How do individuals with narcissitic personality disorder act/ appear?

Answer 16

they appear arrogant, and suffer from low self esteem

Question 17

True/False. People with avoidant personality disorder desire relationships.

Answer 17

True they desire them BUT they avoid them because of the anxiety that is produced.

Question 18

How do people with dependent personality disorder act?

Answer 18

they are extremely needy, relying on others for emotional support and decision making

Question 19

Do people with OC-personality-D finish a task they start?

Answer 19

no, they focus too much on the details that they never finish the task

Question 20

what is the general treatment for personality disorders that works best?

Answer 20

psychotherapy

Question 21

what are the different types therapy available to treat personality disorders but need to be modified?

Answer 21

psychodyanmically based therapies, cognitive, behavioral, and family therapies, and behavioral therapy.

Question 22

Is there a specific medication that can be used to treat any specific personality disorder?

Answer 22

No will not treat the disorder BUT will treat the symptoms.

Question 23

what medication is used for anxiety? what is overlooked when using this medication?

Answer 23

benzodiazepines; potential for abuse and dependence is overlooked

Question 24

what is SSRI’s used to treat?

Answer 24

depression, oCD, eating disturbances

Question 25

what can be treated with LOW dose antipsychotics?

Answer 25

psychotic or paranoid symptoms