B3.062 - Personality Disorders

Question 1

What is personality

Answer 1

a way of understanding normal human behavior and information processing

Question 2

what are other issues commonly seen in personality disorder patients

Answer 2

Mood disorders
Anxiety
Adjustment
Substance abuse
Frequent ER visits
Social problems
Illegal activities
Inflexible coping strategies

Question 3

describe cluster A

Answer 3

Odd or eccentric

Question 4

what are the disorders in cluster A

Answer 4

Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Question 5

describe cluster B

Answer 5

dramatic, emotional, erratic

Question 6

what are types of disorders in cluster B

Answer 6

borderline
narcissistic
histrionic
antisocial

Question 7

describe cluster C

Answer 7

anxious, avoidant, fearful

Question 8

what are disorders in cluster C

Answer 8

Obsessive compulsive
Dependent
Avoidant

Question 9

describe paranoid personality disorder

Answer 9

patter of irrational suspicion and mistrust of others, interpreting motivations as malevolent

Question 10

describe schizoid personality disorder

Answer 10

lack of interest and detachment from social relationships and restricted emotional expression
“autistic thinking”

Question 11

what does schizoid disorder get confused with

Answer 11

antisocial

Question 12

describe schizotypal personality disorder

Answer 12

a pattern of extreme discomfort interacting socially, distorted cognitions and perceptions, behavioral eccentricities
“magical thinking”

Question 13

describe borderline personality disorder

Answer 13

pervasive pattern of instability in relationships, self image, identity, behavior and affect often leading to self harm and impulsivity

Question 14

describe narcissistic personality disorder

Answer 14

pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy

Question 15

describe histrionic personality disorder

Answer 15

pervasive pattern of attention seeking behavior and excessive emotions
seduction/manipulation of others

Question 16

describe antisocial personality disorder

Answer 16

a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, lack of empathy
must first have history of conduct disorder during childhood

Question 17

describe obsessive compulsive disorder

Answer 17

rigid conformity to rules, perfectionism and control

Question 18

describe dependent personality disorder

Answer 18

pervasive psychological need to be cared for by other people

Question 19

describe avoidant personality disorder

Answer 19

pervasive feelings of social inhibition and inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation
strong social anxiety

Question 20

what is borderline personality disorder associated with

Answer 20

childhood sexual abuse

Question 21

what is antisocial personality disorder associated with

Answer 21

childhood physical abuse
parental marital abuse
poverty
foster care

Question 22

traumatic events have been show in animal models to sensitize

Answer 22

the HPA system, altered functioning of the amygdala and limbic connections with the prefrontal lobes in animal models/post mortem studies

Question 23

what affects development of hippocampus (decreased size)

Answer 23

repetitious brain exposure to higher levels of NTs like noradrenaline

Question 24

cortisol increases what

Answer 24

excitatory neurotransmission

Question 25

sympathetic nervous system contributes to what

Answer 25

arousal | exaggerated startle response

Question 26

what does the limbic system constitute

Answer 26

hippocampus and anterior cingulate

Question 27

dysfunction of prefrontal limbic circuits in antisocial personality disorder and BPD show what

Answer 27

lower volume of hippocampus, LPFC, cingulate

Question 28

what neurologically is associated with schizotypal personality disorder

Answer 28

compromise of temporal lobe nad basal striato thalmic structures

Question 29

parent is intrusive-dismissive is associated with which cluster

Answer 29

A

Question 30

parent is terrorizing/disorganized is associated with which cluster

Answer 30

cluster B

Question 31

parent is rejecting or fearful is associated with which cluster

Answer 31

C

Question 32

which cluster is most responsive to treatment

Answer 32

B

Question 33

disorders with grater treatment response to CBT spectrum counseling

Answer 33

Borderline OCD Avoidant Dependent

Question 34

disorders with less response to psychotherapy

Answer 34

cluster A | antisocial

Question 35

what is DBT

Answer 35

Dialectical behavior therapy | Tailored to Borderline

Question 36

what are the 4 modules of DBT

Answer 36

mindfulness distress tolerance emotion regulation interpersonal effectiveness