CH. 13 - PERSONALITY DISORDERS Flashcards
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What are 3 life tasks?
- To see yourself and others as they really are
- To have positive interpersonal relationships
- To function adaptively in society
What is the onset of personality disorders?
Early adulthood/adolescence
What does AMPD criterion A asses?
Levels of personality functioning according to self and interpersonal
What are the “bad five” traits?
Negative affectivity, detachment, antagonism, disinhibition, psychoticism
What is a challenge of clinical interviews when assessing personality disorders?
Many disorders are egosyntonic
What does the PSY-5 scales do?
Good predictor of paranoid, schizotypal, narcissistic and anti-social personality disorder symptoms
What does the MCMI-IV do?
Provides sub scale measures of 15 clinical personality scales
What are the personality disorder clusters in the DSM-5?
Cluster A: odd/eccentric
Cluster B: dramatic/erratic
Cluster C: anxious/fearful
What is the prevalence of paranoid personality disorder?
Occurs mostly in men
What is the prevalence and comorbidity in schizoid personality disorder?
Prevalence < 1%, more common in men, comorbid with schizotypal, avoidant, and paranoid personality disorders
What is the prevalence and comorbidity in schizotypal personality disorder?
Prevalence about 3%, more common in men, comorbid with BPD, avoidant and paranoid personality disorders
What is the etiology of cluster A?
Possible links to schizophrenia, PTSD and childhood maltreatment
What are the causes of PBD?
Associations with trauma, runs in families
What is the prevalence and comorbidity in BPD?
Prevalence 1-2%, more common in women, comorbid with mood disorders, SA, PTSD, eating disorders
What is the prevalence and comorbidity in histrionic personality disorder?
Prevalence 2-3%, more common among women, comorbid with depression and BPD
What is the prevalence and comorbidity in narcissistic personality disorder?
Prevalence < 1%, comorbid with BPD
What are the 2 main components of antisocial personality disorder (APD)?
- Conduct disorder present before 15 years
- Anti-social behavioural patterns
What is the etiology for emotion and psychopathy?
unresponsive to punishments, skin conductance less reactive when confronted, less activity in amygdala/hippocampus, decreased prefrontal activity
What conditions are comorbid with avoidance personality disorder?
Dependent personality disorder, depression, generalized social phobia
What conditions are comorbid with dependent personality disorder?
BPD, depression, anxiety, bulimia
What is the perfectionist approach to life?
Preoccupied with details, serious, rigid, formal, inflexible and unable to discard worn out and useless objects
What is the psychoanalytic theories of cluster C?
OCPD traits due to fixation at anal stage of psychosexual development
Is psychopathy able to be treated?
No, virtually impossible to treat
