Personality Disordesr Flashcards
What are the features of paranoid personality disorder?
Hypersensitivity and unforgiving attitude to criticism or rejection
Tendency to perceive assault on character
Reluctant to confide in others
Unwarrantedly questions friends’ loyalty
Preoccupation with conspiracy beliefs and hidden meaning
What are the three classes of personality disorder?
A: Odd/Eccentric
B: Dramatic
C: Anxious
What are the features of schizoid personality disorder?
Lack of desire for relationships
Prefers solitary activities
No interest in sexual interactions
Few interests
Indifferent to praise/criticism
appears ‘cold’
What are the features of schizotypal personality disorder?
Does not seek friendship/companionship
Ideas of reference
Odd beliefs, magical thinking
Odd/Eccentric behaviour
Odd (but coherent) speech
Perceptual disturbances
Paranoid ideation + suspiciousness
Inappropriate affect
What are the features of antisocial personality disorder?
Criminal activity/behaviour
Consistent irresponsibility (work, financial obligations etc.)
Deception
Manipulation
Impulsiveness
Lack of remorse
No regard for safety of self or others
Irritability/aggression
More common in men
What are the features of borderline personality disorder?
Unstable relationships, switching between idealisation and devaluation
Irritability/aggression
Manipulative
Chronic feeling of ‘emptiness’
Unstable self-image
Impulsivity in self-damage ($, sex, substances)
Recurrent suicidal behaviour
Efforts to avoid abandonment
Quasi psychotic thoughts
What are the features of histrionic personality disorder?
Inappropriate sexual seductiveness
Needs to be centre of attention
Uses physical appearance to be centre of attention
Self-dramatisation
Shallow and rapidly shifting emotions
Relationships considered to be more intimate than they are
What are the features of narcissistic personality disorder?
Grandiose sense of self-importance
Pre-occupied with fantasy of unlimited success/power/beauty
Chronic envy
Unstable affect
Arrogance
Lack of empathy
Excessive need for admiration
Entitled
Takes advantage of others for own needs
What are the features of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder?
Occupied with rules/lists/orders
Seeking perfection so much that it hinders completion of tasks
Rigid with morality/virtues/ethics
Unable to pass on task unless carried out exactly as they see fit
Stingy spending type
Cannot dispose of items even if no sentiment
Dedicated to work so much that no time for spare time activities
What are the features of avoidant personality disorder?
Avoids situations where might be rejected/criticised
Unwilling to be involved unless certain they will be liked
Preoccupied with feeling they are being rejected
Does not take risks themselves for fear of embarassment
Poor self-image (feels is inferior to others)
Social isolation but WANTS to socialise
What are the features of dependent personality disorder
Requires excessive reassurance in order to do daily tasks
Needs others to take responsibility for all major parts of their life
Struggles to disagree with others for fear of losing support
Lack of initiative
Unrealistic feeling that they are unable to take care of themselves
Fearful of being abandoned and left to take care of themselves
Urgent search for another relationship as soon as one ends
