personality disorder

Question 1

what are the 3 subgroups of personality disorders

Answer 1

• A = feeling suspicious of other people eg paranoid, schiziod, schizotypal
• B = finding it hard to manage your feelings or behaviours eg histrionic, narcissitic, anti-social, boarderline
  c = feeling anxious or afraid eg OCD, dependent, avoidant

Question 2

what are the symptoms of personality disorder

Answer 2

• challenges in coping with life, managing emotions, connecting with other people
• difficulties in making and maintaining relationships
• difficulties connecting with other people
• difficulties controlling emotions
• difficulties in coping with life and difficult feelings
• difficulties in controlling your behaviours and impulses
• feeling isolated and alone

Question 3

what signs are more relevant to borderline personality disorder

Answer 3

• hard to manage emotions and swing between positive and negative views of others
• behaviours are: dramatic, disturbing, unpredictable

Question 4

What are DSM 5 criteria for BPD

Answer 4

• Desperate avoidance of real or imagined abandonment
• Intense and unstable personal relationships, fluctuating between adoring and hating significant others
• disturbed sense of self identify
• Impulsive, risky or self-harming activity
• recurrent self injury, suicide attempts, suicide threats
• Unstable mood and disproportionate reactions to life events
• feelings of emptiness
• Anger issues
• Paranoid thinking or symptoms of dissociation

Question 5

what causes BPD

Answer 5

• trauma
• genetics
• little to no support from parent or caregiver when growing up

Question 6

what are the different types of therapy for treatment

Answer 6

• dialectical behavioural therapy
• mentalisation-based therapy
• CBT
• cognitive analytic therapy

Question 7

what is dialectical behavioural therapy

Answer 7

individual and group sessions to help understand and manage feelings, learn coping skills, making a positive change in your life

Question 8

what is mentalisation based therapy

Answer 8

helps you understand and reflect on your thoughts and feelings and those of other people. control impulses, improve relationships

Question 9

CBT

Answer 9

understand your own thoughts and actions affect how you feel

Question 10

cognitive analytic therapy

Answer 10

combines CBT with building a trusting relationship with therapist - reflect on situation and figure out ways to make a positive change