week 2.2 Flashcards
personality disorder
Enduring pattern of deviant, inner experiences and behavior from normal cultural expectations
What is the mainstay of treatment for personality disorders?
DBT
Cluster A
schizotypal
Paranoid
Schizoid
-odd, eccentric
schizotypal
Suspicious
Superstitions
Distorted reality
Aware
Tx: symptomatic
paranoid
Distrustful
Doubts
tx: psychotherapy
schizoid
AVOIDS
Aloof
prefers to be alone
flat affect
tx: psychotherapy
Cluster B
borderline personality disorder
antisocial
Histrionic
Narcissistic
-emotional, erratic
Splitting
defense mechanism in which person is unable to accept positive and negative feelings
all good or all bad
separation individuation
Child separates from the mother and begins to individuate as a baby
Borderline personality disorder
Frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
Unstable relationships
Impulsivity, cause of self damage
Mood swings
Antisocial, personality disorder
hostile
Aggressive
Lacks guilt, no remorse
Superficially charming
histrionic, personality disorder
Attention seeking
Dramatic
Provocative, seductive
narcissistic personality disorder
Entitlement
Grandiosity
Need for admiration
Hyper sensitive to criticism
cluster C
avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive compulsive
-anxious, fearful
avoidant
Fearful
Timid
Feel inferior
Fear of rejection or failure