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1
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people with personality disorders have a hard time with ______________ and _____________.

A

personality
identity

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how old to you have to be to get a personality disorder diagnosis

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18 (when personality really solidifies)

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T/F: personality disorders cause significant problems in the lives of others

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true

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Cluster A Disorders (3)

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Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

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Cluster A defining features

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peculiar, eccentric, odd behavior

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in touch with reality, but very paranoid about it. Suspicious of what things “really mean,” on guard, hold grudges, linked to schizophrenia

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Paranoid

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inability or lack of desire to form attachments to others, unable to express feelings, apathetic, highly introverted (schemas lead them to see themselves as self-sufficient loners), some linkage to autism

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Schizoid

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excessively introverted, peculiar thought patterns, highly personalized and superstitious thinking, odd ways of talking that interfere with communication and socializing, linked to schizophrenia

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Schizotypal

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Cluster B Disorders (4)

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Histrionic
Narcissistic
Borderline
Antisocial

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Cluster B defining features

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dramatic, emotional, erratic behavior

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full of drama, all about them, overconcern with attractiveness, irritability and temper outbursts if things aren’t about them, very attention seeking, (Hollywood)

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Histrionic

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grandiosity, aggression, dominance, self-promoting, lack of empathy, hypercritical and retaliatory, fragile sense of self, unable to be vulnerable, linked with abuse and intrusive, controlling, and cold parenting styles, big in politicians

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Narcissistic

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linked with low family income, inner-city living, family issues, persistently disregard and violate others’ rights, inability to follow approved models of behavior, deceitfulness, shameless manipulation, history of conduct problems in childhood

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Antisocial

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impulsiveness, inappropriate anger, drastic emotional ups and downs (affective instability), chronic boredom, attempts at self-mutilation or suicide, linked to childhood trauma

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Borderline

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Cluster C Disorders (3)

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Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-compulsive

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Cluster C defining features

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anxiety and fear

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hypersensitive to rejection, self-conscious and self-critical, shy, insecure in social interaction and initiating relationships

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Avoidant

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Discomfort in being alone, will stay in a bad relationship because they don’t want to be alone, indecisive (rely on what others want), high neuroticism and agreeableness

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Dependent

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excessive concern with order, rules, trivial details, perfectionism, lack of expressiveness and warmth, difficulty relaxing and having fun, high levels of conscientiousness leading to extreme devotion to work and excessive controlling behaviors

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Obsessive-compulsive

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trait

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characteristic that is expressed, way you interact with the world

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21
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five-factor model of personality

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conscientiousness
agreeableness
neuroticism
openness to experience
extraversion
(canoe)

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neuroticism

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anxiousness

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extraversion

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how socially oriented you are

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openness to experience

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how open you are to trying new things

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agreeableness

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people pleasing

26
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conscientiousness

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paying attention to small details about yourself

27
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personality disorders show ___________ levels of ___________ personality traits

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extreme
normal

28
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most studies are ______________ approaches

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retrospective

29
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how does being inpatient help

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controlled environment

30
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Dimensions of psychopathy

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interpersonal, affective, lifestyle, antisocial

31
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it is important to set ______ __________ in therapy

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firm boundaries

32
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why is it good to have transference-focused therapy

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when an issue comes up in therapy, you can work through it there, so you are better equipped when it happens in real life

33
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is alcoholism more common in men or women?

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men

34
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why are alcoholics often malnourished?

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the calories in the alcohol make them not hungry so they don’t eat enough

35
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T/F: alcohol dependence changes your personality

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True

36
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Alcohol withdrawal delirium

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-need to be monitored by a doctor
-25% die from complications of this

37
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Mesocorticolimbic pathway (MCLP)

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center of psychoactive drug activation

38
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Disulfiram (Antabuse) and naltrexone

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drugs that block the desire to drink

39
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valium

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helps with withdrawal

40
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alcoholism treatments

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group therapy, environmental intervention, behavioral CBT

41
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controlled drinking rather than ____________

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abstinence

42
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key factor of schizophrenia

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out of touch with reality

43
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three major symptoms of schizophrenia

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hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech and behavior

44
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describe “cognitive slippage” and “loosening of associations”

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the “wires” in the brain are all mixed up and connected to the wrong things

45
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people with schizophrenia have impairment of ______-oriented activity

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goal

46
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negative symptoms are associated with ________ clinical outcomes

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poorer

47
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schizophrenia subtypes

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paranoid, disorganized, catatonic

48
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people with schizophrenia have trouble with __________ and ___________ memory

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attention
working

49
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_____-tracking dysfunctions

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eye

50
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what contributes to loss of brain volume in schizophrenia?

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loss of white matter
loss of gray matter
enlarged ventricles

51
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difficulty recognizing emotion in _______ ____________ or _______

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facial expression
speech

52
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three things that contribute to schizophrenia higher risk

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urban living, immigration, cannabis use

53
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