Task 1 Flashcards
Types of personality disorders
- paranoid
- schizoid
- schizotypal
- antisocial
- borderline
- histrionic
- narcissistic
- avoidant
- dependent
- obsessive compulsive
Cluster A
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
=appear odd or eccentric
5.7%
Cluster B
antisocial
borderline
histrionic
narcissistic
= appear dramatic, emotional or erratic
1.5%
Cluster C
avoidant
dependent
obsessive-compulsive
= appear anxious or fearful
6%
Prevalences US
for any personality disorder = 9.1%
adult’s prevalence = 15%
General personality disorder
- enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates from the expectation of the individual’s culture in two or more of the ares:
1) cognition
2) affectivity
3) interpersonal functioning
4) impulse control - pattern is inflexible and pervasive across broad range of situations
- leads to significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other functioning areas
- pattern is stable and of long duration (onset traced at least to YA or adolescence)
- not better explained by another mental disorder
- not attributable to effects of substance or medical condition
Diagnostic features
- long term patterns of functioning
- evident by early adulthood
- distinguished from characteristics that emerge in response to situational stressors or more transient mental states (bipolar, depressive, anxiety, substance)
- stability of traits over time and situations
Development and course of PD
- recognisable during adolescence or early adulthood
- pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving is relatively stable over time
- for younger than 18, features must be present for at least 1 year
Individuals younger than 18 years can’t be diagnosed with
antisocial personality disorder
PD more frequent in males
antisocial PD
PD more frequent in women
borderline
histrionic
dependent
PD that are related to psychotic disorders
paranoid
schizoid
schizotypal
Differential diagnosis
- for PD related to psychotic disorders = pattern must not have occurred during the course of schizophrenia, a bipolar, depressive or another disorder
- cautious when diagnosing during episode of depressive or anxiety disorder
- personality change emerge after exposure to extreme stress => consider PTSD
- when individual has a substance use disorder = not make PD diagnosis bases on consequences of intoxication or withdrawal
- personality change due to medical condition
Paranoid Personality Disorder
- pattern of distrust and suspiciousness that others’ motives are interpreted as malevolent
- beginning in early adulthood
- present 4 or more:
1) suspects, without enough basis, that others are exploiting, harming or deceiving them
2) preoccupied with unjustified doubts about loyalty and trustworthiness of close people
3) reluctant to confide (used against)
4) seeks hidden and threatening meanings
5) bears consistent grudges
6) perceives personal attack that are not apparent to others and reacts quickly
7) recurrent suspicions about fidelity of partner
Associated features of Paranoid PD
- problems with close relationship
- hypervigilance => guarded, secretive => appear cold
- need to be self-sufficient and strongly autonomous
- high degree of control of people around
- unable to collaborate
- rigid and critical of others
- hardly accept criticism
- blame others for their shortcomings
- legal disputed
- unrealistic, hidden grandiose fantasies
Prevalence of Paranoid PD
- 3%
- 4%
more prevalent in males
Development of Paranoid PD
- first apparent in childhood and adolescence with: solitariness, poor relationships, social anxiety, unachievement in school, hyper sensibility, peculiar thoughts and language, idiosyncratic fantasies
Prognostic Factor of Paranoid PD
- paranoid PD, delusional disorder and persecutory type in relatives
- pro bands with schizophrenia
- members of minority, refugees, defensiveness because of unfamiliarity
Similarities between Paranoid and Schizotypal PD
suspiciousness
interpersonal aloofness
paranoid ideation
Differences between Paranoid and Schizotypal PD
magical thinking (S)
unusual perceptual experiences (S)
odd thinking and speech (S)
Similarities between Paranoid and Schizoid PD
individual perceived as strange, eccentric and cold
Differences between Paranoid and Schizoid PD
prominent paranoid ideation (P)
Similarities between Paranoid and Borderline + Histrionic PD
react to minor stimuli with anger
Differences between Paranoid and Borderline + Histrionic PD
pervasive suspiciousness (P)
Similarities between Paranoid and Avoidant PD
reluctant to confide
Differences between Paranoid and Borderline PD
fear of being embarrassed (A)
fear of malicious intent (P)
Similarities between Paranoid and Antisocial PD
antisocial behaviour
Differences between Paranoid and Antisocial PD
motivated by desire for personal gain or exploitation (A)
motivated by desire of revenge (P)
Similarities between Paranoid and Narcissistic PD
suspiciousness
social withdrawal
alienation
Differences between Paranoid and Narcissistic PD
fears of having their flaws revealed (N)
Schizoid PD
detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of emotional expression
At least 4 of the following symptoms of Schizoid PD
1- neither desires nor enjoys close relationships
2- solitary activities almost always
3- little, if any, interest in sexual experiences
4- pleasure from only few or no activities
5- lacks close friends or confidants (outside family)
6- indifferent to praise or criticism
7- emotional coldness, detachment or flattened affect
Associated features supporting diagnosis of Schizoid PD
- difficulty expressing anger
- seem directionless
- react passively
- work under conditions of social isolation
- may experience brief psychotic episodes
Prevalence of Schizoid PD
uncommon in clinical settings
4.9 / 3.1 %
male prevalence (and harsher symptoms)
Development of Schizoid PD
- first apparent in childhood and adolescence with solitariness, poor relationships and unachievement
- subjected to teasing
Prognostic factors of Schizoid PD
- relatives with schizotypal PD or schizophrenia
- erroneously labels as schizoid: immigrants
It is hard to differentiate Schizoid PD from
milder forms of autism spectrum disorder
Difference from Schizoid PD and autism is
that autism has more severely impaired social interactions + stereotyped behaviours and interests
Differences of Schizoid PD and other PD’s
Schizotypal and paranoid: cognitive and perceptual distortions (schizoid) and suspiciousness or ideation (paranoid)
Avoidant: fear of embarrassment and rejection (A) / limited desire for social intimacy (S)
Obsessive-compulsive: devotion to work and discomfort with emotions (OC) + there is desire for intimacy (OC)
Differences between Loners and Schizoid PD
for loners it does not cause significant impairment or subjective distress + traits are inflexible
Schizotypal PD
social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behaviour
At least 4 of the following symptoms of Schizotypal PD
1- ideas of reference (illusions that events relate to oneself) 2- odd beliefs or magical thinking 3- unusual perceptual experiences 4- odd thinking and speech 5- inapropriate affect 6- behaviour or appearance is peculiar 7- lack of close friends and confidants 8- excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity + associated with paranoid fears
It is important that symptoms of Schizotypal PD do not occurs exclusively during
the course of schizophrenia, bipolar, depressive with psychotic features, another psychotic disorder or autism
Diagnostic features of Schizotypal PD
- social and interpersonal deficits marked by reduced capacity for close relationships and perceptual distortions
- ideas of reference: incorrect interpretations of events as having personal meaning
- delusions of reference: beliefs held with delusional conviction
Associated features of Schizotypal PD
- seek treatment for symptoms associated with anxiety and depression
- in response to stress => transient psychotic episodes
Prevalence of Schizotypal PD
- 3.9% in general population
- infrequent in clinical populations (0-1.9)
- slightly more in males
Prognostic factors of Schizotypal PD
- relatives with schizophrenia
- some extreme religious rituals may appear schizotypal to the outsider