Type A PD

Question 1

Paranoid PD

Answer 1

Deep distrust of other people and motives

Shun close relationships; excessive trust in own ideas

“Hidden” meanings

NO BREAK W/ REALITY

Question 2

Paranoid PD Symptoms

4+

Answer 2

Suspicions, distrust, feels attacked, won’t confide, jealous, grudges, misinterpret motives

Question 3

Paranoid PD Etiology and Tx

Answer 3

Psychodynamic
Early interactions with parents (ie rigid father)
Genetic component

Difficult to tx
Goals: control anxiety of other people; improve social skills

Question 4

Schizoid PD

Answer 4

Do not enjoy social interactions, lack close relationships, self-focused, closed/distant, aloof, etc

Question 5

Symptoms (4+)

Answer 5

Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships, solitary activities, low pleasure in activities, lack friendships, indifferent to criticisms

Question 6

Schizoid PD Etiology and Tx

Answer 6

Unsatisfied need for contact
Distant/abusive relations
Deficiencies in thinking/can’t pick up social cues
Maladaptive

Help identify benefits of positive relationships
Social skills
Group therapy

Question 7

Schizotypy PD

Answer 7

Social isolation, flat affect, odd thinking patterns
Appearance may be eccentric
May have psychotic episodes in stressful situations

Question 8

Schizotypy PD Symptoms (5+)

Answer 8

Ideas of reference
Odd beliefs or thinking or speech
Unusual perceptual experiences
Suspicions
Inappropriate constricted affect
Appearance is odd/esenteric
Lack of close relationships
Excessive social anxiety

Question 9

Schizotypy PD Etiology and Tx

Answer 9

Family conflict, psychological disorders in parents
Enraged ventricles, dopamine excesivity, loss of gray matter

Reconnect with world
Improve positive social interactions
More aware of personal feelings
Social training