Personality Disorders (24)

Question 1

Name the cluster A personality disorders:

Answer 1

Paranoid

Schizoid

Schizotypical

Question 2

Name the cluster B personlaity disorders:

Answer 2

Antisocial

Histrionic

Narcissistic

Borderline

Question 3

Name the cluster C personality disorders:

Answer 3

Avoidant

Dependent

Obsessive-Compulsive

Question 4

Define paranoid PD:

Answer 4

Pervasive distrust and subconsciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent

Question 5

When does paranoid PD begin:

Answer 5

Early adulthood

Question 6

Define schizoid PD:

Answer 6

pervasive pattern of detachment from social relationships and a restricted range of expression of emotions

Question 7

Define schizotypical PD:

Answer 7

Pervasive pattern of interpersonal deficits marked by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior

Question 8

Define antisocial PD:

Answer 8

Pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since 15yo

Question 9

Define histrionic PD:

Answer 9

Pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking beginning by early adulthood such as:

1- sexually seductive/ provocative behavior

2- Self- dramatization, theatricality

3- Easily influenced by others

4- Considers relationships more intimate than they actually are

Question 10

Define Narcissistic PD:

Answer 10

Pervasive pattern of grandiosity beginning by early adulthood

Need for admiration

Question 11

Define borderline personality disorder:

Answer 11

Pervassive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships. self image, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood

Question 12

What are the criteria for borderline PD Dx?

Answer 12

Need >5 of the 9

1- Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment

2- Unstable and intense interpersonal relationships. alternating idealization and devolution

3- Persistently unsable self image or sense of self

4- Impulsivity that is potentially self damaging

5- Recurrent suicidal behavior or threats or self mutilation

6- Mood libility and reactivity

7- Chronic feelings of emptiness

8- Frequent or intense anger outbursts

9- Transient paranoid idealization or severe dissociate symptoms

Question 13

Define avoidant PD:

Answer 13

Pervasive pattern of social inhibition beginning by early adulthood

Inhibited in social situations because of feelings of inadequacy

Hypersensitive to criticism or rejection

Question 14

Define obsessive- compulsive PD:

Answer 14

Preoccupied w/ details, rules, lists, schedules

Prefectionism interferes with task completion

Excessively devoted to work

scrupulous about mrality, ethics and values

Micromanages, rigid, stubborn

Question 15

Define dependent PD:

Answer 15

Prevasive and excessive need to be taken care of

Indecisive

Submissive and clingy

Difficulty expressing diagreement

Lack of self confidence, helpless, feeling

Question 16

Which PD’s are more common in women?

Answer 16

Paranoid, avoidant, dependent

Question 17

Which PD is more common in men?

Answer 17

Antisocial

Question 18

What are the risk factors for PD?

Answer 18

Not married, impovershed, poorly educated

Question 19

What factors can exacerbate a PD?

Answer 19

Substances, medical/ psychotic disorders, stress, close relationships

Question 20

Neurotransmitters involved in PDs?

Answer 20

decreased serotonin?

Question 21

Outcome for people with PDs?

Answer 21

Traits will cntinue throughout life but might eventually not meet disorder criteria

Question 22

Treatment for Paranoid, schizoid, schizotypical PDs?

Answer 22

Antipsychotic meds, psychotherapy

Question 23

Treatment for antisocial, histrionic, narcissistic, and borderline PD?

Answer 23

Mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, psychotherapy

Stay away from Benzo’s!

Question 24

Treatment for avoidant, dependent and obsessive compulsive PD?

Answer 24

CBT, psychodynamic therapy