Personality Disorders Flashcards
What are the 3 clusters of personality disorders?
Cluster A - ‘odd or eccentric’
Cluster B - ‘dramatic, emotional, or erratic’
Cluster C - ‘anxious and fearful’
What are the 3 cluster A (‘odd or eccentric’) personality disorders?
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
What are the 4 cluster B (‘dramatic, emotional, or erratic’) personality disorders?
Antisocial
Borderline/Emotionally Unstable
Histrionic
Narcissistic
What are the 3 cluster C (‘anxious and fearful’) personality disorders?
Obsessive-Compulsive
Avoidant
Dependant
What are the 5 features of Paranoid Personality Disorder?
Hypersensitive to insults Questions loyalty unnecessarily Reluctant to trust/confide Conspirational beliefs Perceives attacks on character
What are the 7 features of Schizoid Personality Disorder?
Indifference to praise/criticism Preference for solitary activities Lack of sexual interest Lack of desire for companionship Emotionally cold Few interests Few friends/confidants outside family
What are the 8 features of Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
Ideas of reference (false belief that irrelevant details pertain to oneself) Odd beliefs and magical thinking Unusual perceptual disturbances Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness Odd, eccentric behaviour Lack of close friends other than family Inappropriate affect Odd speech without incoherence
What are the 7 features of Antisocial Personality Disorder?
Repeatedly performs acts which are grounds for arrest
Deceives others for profit/pleasure
Impulsive or fails to plan ahead
Irritable and aggressive
Reckless disregard for safety of self/others
Consistent irresponsibility (poor work or doesn’t pay bills)
Lack of remorse
What are the 9 features of Borderline or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder?
Avoids real or imagined abandonment Unstable interpersonal relationships Unstable self image Risk impulsivity (spending/sex/substance abuse) Recurrent suicidal behaviour Affective instability Chronic feelings of emptiness Difficulty controlling temper Quasi-psychotic thoughts
What are the 8 features of Histrionic Personality Disorder?
Inappropriate sexual seductiveness
Need for attention
Rapidly shifting + shallow expression of emotions
Suggestibility (inclination to act on commands of others)
Physical appearance for attention-seeking purposes
Impressionistic speech lacking detail
Self-dramatization
Thinks relationships are more intimate than they are
What are the 8 features of Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
Grandiose sense of self-importance Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, beauty Sense of entitlement Taking advantage of others to achieve own needs Lack of empathy Excessive need for admiration Chronic envy Arrogant and haughty attitude
What are the 7 features of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
Occupied with details to the point that the key part of the activity is gone
Perfectionism hampering completing tasks
Extremely dedicated to work/efficiency, no spare time activities
Meticulous, scrupulous, rigid about etiquettes of morality/ethics/values
Incapable of disposing worn out or insignificant things
Unwilling to pass on tasks or work with others except if they do it exactly their way
Stingy around spending on self and others (stiffness and stubbornness)
What are the 7 features of Avoidant Personality Disorder?
Avoidance of activities involving interpersonal contact due to fear of criticism/rejection
Unwilling to be involved unless certain they’ll be liked
Preoccupied with ideas that they’re being criticised or rejected socially
Restraint in intimate relationships due to fear of being ridiculed
Reluctance to take personal risks due to fear of embarrassment
Views self as inept/inferior
Social isolation WITH a craving for social contact
What are the 8 features of Dependent Personality Disorder?
Difficulty making everyday decisions without excessive reassurance from others
Need for others to assume responsibility for major areas of their life
Difficulty expressing disagreement with others due to fears of losing support
Lacks initiative
unrealistic fears of being left to care for themselves
Urgent search for another relationship/care or support source when one ends
Extensive efforts to obtain support from others
Unrealistic feelings/beliefs that they can’t care for themselves
How can personality disorders be treated?
Psychological therapies (dialectical behaviour therapy) Treatment of any coexisting psychiatric conditions
