Prsnlty Dsrdrs Flashcards

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prevalence of personality disorders

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10-20%

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Able to adapt to or alter the external environment

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alloplastic

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3
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Being acceptable to ego

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Ego-syntonic

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4
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high levels of testosterone, 17-estradiol and estrone links to

a. impulsive traits
b. schizotypal
c. phlegmatic

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A

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5
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high endogenous endorphins maybe associated with persons who are

a. schizotypal
b. phlegmatic
c. choleric
d. neurotic

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B

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Platelet Monoamine Oxidase: low levels associated

a. schizotypal
b. phlegmatic
c. choleric
d. neurotic

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A

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EEG changes common in these personality types, appearing as slow wave activity

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antisocial

borderline

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Oral Character

a. stubborn, parsimonious and highly conscientious
b. passive and dependent
c. defensive

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B

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Anal character

a. stubborn, parsimonious and highly conscientious
b. passive and dependent
c. defensive

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A

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10
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defensive styles for protecting themeselves and from internal impulses and from interpersonal anxiety on significant’s relationship

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Reich’s character of armore

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Cluster A.

a. Anxious and Fearful disorders
b. Odd, eccentric disorders
c. Dramatic, emotional, erratic disorders

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B

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Cluster B

a. Anxious and Fearful disorders
b. Odd, eccentric disorders
c. Dramatic, emotional, erratic disorders

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C

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Cluster C

a. Anxious and Fearful disorders
b. Odd, eccentric disorders
c. Dramatic, emotional, erratic disorders

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A

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14
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Cluster A personalities

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

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15
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Cluster B personalities

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Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic

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16
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Cluster C personalities

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Avoidant
Dependent
OCD

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Distrust: persistent suspiciousness, secretive, witholding, hypervigilant, jealous, envious, suspects without sufficient basis that others are exploiting, harming or deceiving them

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Paranoid

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Interpersonal deficits; cognitive distortions; eccentricitiesl; paranoid;difficulty feeling understood and accepted; odd beliefs,magical thinking, unusual perceptual experiences; social isolation

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Schizotypal

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Social detachment: self-absorbed; restricted emotionality; cold and indifferent; neither desires nor enjoys close relationships; anhedonic, indifferent from others;

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Schizoid

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Instability; impulsivity; hypersensitivity; self-destructive behavior; profound mood shifts; unstable and intense interpersonal rel ationships

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Borderline

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Disregard for rights of others; lies; manipulates; exploitive; seductive; repeatedly performs acts that are grounds for arrest

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Antisocial

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Arrogance; need for admiration; lack of empathy; seductive; socially exploitive;manipulative; grandiose sense of self-importance

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Narcissistic

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Excessive emotionality; attention seeking, superficial and stormy relationships; lively; uncomfortable when not the center of attention

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Histrionic

24
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Submissive behavior; low self-esteem; dependency in relationships; extreme self-consciousness;urgently and indiscriminately seeks another relationship ends; inadequate; helpless

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Dependent

25
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Social inhibition; withdraw from social and occupational situations that involve significant interpersonal contact; longs for relationships; inadequacy; hypersensitivity to negative criticism, rejection or shame

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Avoidant

26
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Unable to express affection; overly cold and rigid; crippling preoccupation with trivial detail, orderliness, perfectioninsm & control(attend to rules, list s organization, schedules, to the extent that the major point of activity is lost); superior attitude

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OCD

27
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Antipsychotics useful for

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Paranoid
Schizotypal
Borderline

28
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SSRI and MAOIs helpful for

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Borderline

29
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Lithium Carbonate and Propranolol helpful for

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Antisocial

30
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Anxiolytics helpful for

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Avoidant

31
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CBT helpful for

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OC
Passive aggressive
antisocial
avoidant

32
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Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy helpful for

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Histrionic

33
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Milieu or group therapy helpful for

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antisocial

dependent

34
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Treatment focuses on the unconscious motivation for seeking total satisfaction from thers and for being unable to commit oneself to a stable, meaningful relationship ; for histrionic

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Psychoanalytical psychotherapy

35
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feedback from peers is more effective than in one-to-one interaction with a therapist.

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Milieu therapy

36
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particularly homogenous supprtive groups that emphasize the development of social skills-may be helpful in overcoming social anxiety

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Group therapy

37
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offer reinforcement for positive change. Social skills and assertiveness training teach alternatives ways to deal with frustration

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Behavioral strategies in Cognitive/Behavioral therapy

38
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help the client recognize the correct inaccurate internal mental schemata.

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Cognitive strategies in CBT

39
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medications that decrease impulsivity and self-destructive acts.

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SSRIs and MAOIs

40
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Useful for violent episodes

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Lithium carbonate and Inderatl

41
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are sometimes helpful whenever previously avoided behavior is being attempted

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Anxiolytics

42
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brief and time-limited, or it may invlove long-term exploratory psychotherapy.It may be particularly appropriate because personality disorders largely reflect problems in interpersonal style

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Interpersonal psychotherapy

43
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Interpersonal psychotherapy helpful for

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
Borderline
Dependent
Narcissistic
OC
44
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A pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, pefectionism & mental & interpersonal control at the expense of flexibilty, openness & efficiency, beginning by early adulthood & present in a variety of contexts

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OCD

45
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A pervasive & excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood & present in a variety of contexts

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Dependent

46
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Apervasive pattern of social inhibition;, feeling if inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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Avoidant

47
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A pervasive pattern of grandiosity(in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy beggining from early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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Narcissistic

48
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A pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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Histrionic

49
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A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships,self-image, & affects, & marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood & present in a variety of contexts

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Borderline

50
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A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occuring since age 15 years

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Antisocial

51
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A pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with disorder and reduced capacity for close relationships and by cognitive and perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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Schizotypal

52
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A pervasive pattern of detachmentfrom social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal settings, beginning in early adulthood

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Schizoid

53
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A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts

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Paranoid