Personality Disorder Flashcards
(31 cards)
Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent
Paranoid
Class of maladaptive traits that is enduring patterns of behavior, cognitions, and inner experience
Personality disorder
Detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions in interpersonal setting
Schizoid
Social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with reduced capacity for closed relationship
Schizotypal
A pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others
Antisocial
Instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affects and control over impulses
Borderline
Excessive emotion and attention seeking
Histrionic
Need for admiration and lack of empathy
Narcissistic
Social inhabitation, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluations
Avoidant
Excessive need to be taken care of which leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fear of separation
Dependent
Preoccupation with orderliness, perfection and mental and interpersonal control
Obsessive compulsive
Negative mood state characterized by bodily symptoms of physical tension and by apprehension about the future
Anxiety disorder
Experience of intense fear or acute discomfort.
Panic
Excessive and persistent fear of a specific object, situation , or activity.
Phobia
Fear of an object or situation that is generally not harmful
Specific phobia
Anxiety and discomfort about being embarrassed
Social phobia
Fear of being in situations where escape is difficult or embarrassing
Agoraphobia
Anxiety and worry for at least 6 months
Generalized anxiety disorder
Types of OCD: afraid of contamination
The washer
Types of OCD: repeatedly checking things
The checker
Types of OCD: afraid that everything wasn’t perfect
Doubters and sinners
Types of OCD: Obsessed with order and symmetry
Counters and arrangers
Types of OCD: fear of something bad happening if they throw something away
Hoarders
Development of severe anxiety, dissociative and other symptoms that occurs within one month after exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor
Acute stress