Personality Disorders and Suicide Attempts

Question 1

What is included in group A (Odd) PD?

Answer 1

Paranoid personality disorder - paranoid delusions / distracted
Schizoid personality disorder - Emotionally cold / fantasy world / lack of interest in others

Question 2

What is included in group B (Emotional) PD?

Answer 2

Antisocial - aggressive and antisocial / irresponsible
Emotional / Borderline - strong emotions which are hard to cope with
Histrionic - attention seeking / constant need for approval
Narcissistic - self importance (psychopathy)

Question 3

What is included in group C (Anxious) PD?

Answer 3

Obsessive Complusive - anxious and craves perfectionism
Anxious - anxious and insecure
Dependent - passive / clingy / helpless when alone

Question 4

Who is more likely to be affected by borderline personality disorder?

Answer 4

Females

Question 5

Who is more likely to be affected by antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 5

Males

Question 6

In order to make a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder what must be present?

Answer 6

Unstable relationships
Extreme reactions to being left
Impulsivness
Self harm and threats of self harm
Paranoid thoughts when stressed

Question 7

When assessing someone who has just attempted suicide, what is important in the history

Answer 7

1. What happened - why now / how did you do it / did you want to be found / how were they found / how do they feel about the attempt now?
2. Background to the attempt - low mood generally / support network / any trauma recently
3. Risk assessment - any plans to do it again / if you left the hospital now what would happen