Personality Disorders

Question 1

what are cluster a personality disorders?

Answer 1

characterised by profound concern of the basic safety of any human relationship.
> schizoid personality disorders
> schizotypical personality disorders
> paranoid personality disorder

Question 2

describe schizoid personality disorder

Answer 2

seem uninterested in social relationships and chose the solitary experience but actually deep down want relationships

Question 3

describe schizotypical personality disorder

Answer 3

odd ways of thinking and relating that are not quite engrained as a psychotic disorder.
this appears in people with a schizophrenic disorder

Question 4

describe paranoid personality disorder

Answer 4

believe everyone has a malignant intent towards them this is a significant misinterpretation of reality not an illusion/delusion

Question 5

what make up cluster b personality disorders?

Answer 5

inability to bear a certain kind of feeling without acting
> antisocial personality disorder
> narcissistic personality disorder
> borderline personality disorder

Question 6

describe antisocial personality disorder

Answer 6

repeated tendency to disregard and violate the rights of others
ranging from psychopathic killers to nervous shoplifter

Question 7

what is an extreme antisocial personality disorder?

Answer 7

a psychopathic patient
there is neurobiological abnormalities
> extreme violence
> callous
> little remorse

Question 8

describe narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 8

damaged self esteem presenting with grandiose and exceptional entitlement

Question 9

describe borderline personality disorder presentation

Answer 9

> scared of abandonment
> self harm/suicide
> intense stormy relationships
> bored when alone
> stress related psychotic like illness

Question 10

what can cause a borderline personality disorder?

Answer 10

> problems with early attachment

> significant childhood trauma

Question 11

what are cluster c personality disorders?

Answer 11

rigid ways of behaving or relating to protect someone from anxiety
> OCD
> avoidant personality disorder

Question 12

how does OCD present?

Answer 12

> parsimony
obstinacy
orderliness

Question 13

how may avoidant personality disorder present?

Answer 13

avoiding situations as a way to cope with them or getting others to take over

Question 14

what treatment is available for personality disorders?

Answer 14

> group sessions

> treatment of other disorders that may develop (depression)

Question 15

what treatment could be offered to BPD specifically?

Answer 15

> reliable consistent therapeutic presence
dialectic behaviour therapy (behavioural strategies)
mentalisation based treatment