Personality Disorders--General Flashcards
define “personality disorder”
an ENDURING pattern of INNER EXPERIENCE and BEHAVIOUR that DEVIATES markedly from the expectations of the individual’s culture, is PERVASIVE and INFLEXIBLE, has an onset in ADOLESCENCE or EARLY ADULTHOOD, is STABLE over time, and leads to DISTRESS or impairment
list the cluster A PDs
paranoid
schizoid
schizotypal
list the cluster B PDs
ASPB
borderline
histrionic
narcissistic
list the cluster C PDs
avoidant
dependent
OCPD
how do individuals with cluster A PDs appear to others
odd or eccentric
how do individuals with cluster B PDs appear to others
dramatic, emotional or erratic
how do individuals with cluster C PDs appear to others
anxious or fearful
what % of US adults have at least one PD
15%
which is the most common cluster of PDs
cluster C (then A, then B)
what are the 4 areas of personality and functioning that are included in criterion A for general personality disorder
cognition –> ways of perceiving and interpreting self, other people and events
affectivity –> range, intensity, lability, appropriateness of emotional response
interpersonal functioning
impulse control
must have dysfunction in two or more of these areas to meet criterion A
what are “personality traits”
enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts
*become disorders when these traits are sufficiently inflexible and maladaptive and cause distress/impairment
which PDs tend to become less evident or remit with age
ASPD
borderline
which personality disorders tend to be less likely to soften with age
OCPD
schizotypal
which PD cannot be diagnosed below age 18
ASPD
can PDs be diagnosed in those under 18
yes, if the features have been present for at least 1 year (except for ASPD, when the person must be 18)
