Culture and Suicide/ Personality Disorders

Question 1

Indigenous Peoples

Answer 1

• basis of identity is tribe
• person is an entity only in relation to others
• disease is a lack of harmony between individual and environment

Question 2

5 Dimensions of Personality

Answer 2

1. Extraversion vs Introversion
2. Antagonism vs Compliance
3. Constraint vs Impulsivity
4. Emotional Dysregulation vs Emotional Stability
5. Unconventionalality vs Closed to experience

Question 3

Trademark of Personality Disorder

Answer 3

ensuring pattern- pervasive and inflexible

Question 4

Enmeshment

Answer 4

• no distinct differentiation between primary caregivers and themselves

Question 5

BPD

Answer 5

• chronic trauma

- pervasive anxiety that cannot be alleviated by usual coping methods s

Question 6

3 Traits Common to PD

Answer 6

1. Lack of Insight
2. External Response to Stress
3. Failure to Accept Consequences

Question 7

Signs and Symptoms of Personality Disorders

Answer 7

• affective dysregulation
• mood lability
• problems with anger
• emotional exaggeration
• chaotic relationships
  fears of abandonment
• self-dysregulation
• identity disturbances
• sense of emptiness
• impulsiveness

Question 8

4 Common Defence Mechanisms

Answer 8

1. Devaluation
2. Displacement
3. Passive Aggression
4. Splitting

Question 9

Cluster A Personality Disorders (2 types)

Answer 9

• odd, eccentric
• paranoid
  1. Schizoid (detachment from social relationships)
  2. Schizotypical (reduced capacity for close relationships
• *Dumbledore

Question 10

Cluster B Personality Disorders (4 types)

Answer 10

• dramatic, erratic
  1. Historic- attention seeking
  2. Narcissistic- grandiosity, lack of empathy
  3. Borderline- instability of relationships, self image, and affect, impulsivity
  4. Antisocial-disregard for the rights of others

Question 11

Cluster C Personality Disorders (3 Types)

Answer 11

• fearful
  1. Avoidant- feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to negative evaluation
  2. Dependent- excessive need to be taken care of, clingy, fear of separation
  3. Obsessive/Compulsive- orderliness and perfection

Question 12

Pharmacologic Interventions for Controlling Emotional Dysregulations

Answer 12

• SSRIs

- MAOIs

Question 13

Somatic Symptom Disorder

Answer 13

• distressing symptoms
• maladaptive response
• without significant physical findings and medical diagnosis
• suffering is authentic
• high level of functional impairment

Question 14

Illness Anxiety Disorder

Answer 14

• misinterpretation of physical sensations
• over concerned for health and preoccupied with symptoms
• extreme worry and fear
• course of illness chronic and relapsing

Question 15

Conversion Disorder

Answer 15

• neurological symptoms in the absence of a neurological diagnosis
• presence of deficits in voluntary motor or sensory functions

Question 16

Common Symptoms of Conversion Disorder

Answer 16

• paralysis
• blindness
• movement and gait issues
• numbness
• parasthesia
• deafness/blindness
• epileptic episodes

Question 17

Factitious Disorder

Answer 17

• artificially, deliberately, dramatically fabricate symptoms or self-inflict injury
• assuming a sick role

Question 18

Dissociative Disorders

Answer 18

• after serious trauma
• ## severe interruption of consciousness

Question 19

Dissociative Amnesia

Answer 19

• inability to recall important personal information

- often traumatic or stressful nature

Question 20

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Answer 20

• presence of two or more distinct personality states

- each personality has it’s own pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about self and environment