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What personality disorder is characterized by a overwhelming need of admiration, lack of empathy & hypersensitive to evaluation of others believing they have primary importance in everybody’s life?

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust & suspiciousness of others & assume that others intend to exploit, harm or deceive them & think they are scapegoated (blamed)?

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Paranoid Personality disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by attention seeking behavior & extreme emotionality & are very dramatic?

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by deformation from social relationships, defect in ability to form personal relationships or to respond to others in any meaningful way & are serious about everything?

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Schizoid Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by a disregard for other peoples rights, are socially irresponsible, exploitive & guiltless behavior?

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by having a great difficulty establishing & maintaining close relationships w/ others, have bizarre speech & behavior & believe they can read minds?

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Schizotypal Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by unstable moods, behaviors, relationships, impulsiveness, manipulation, have brief psychotic episodes & problems regulating emotions & thoughts?

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by complying/acting appropriately but actually behaving negatively & passively resisting?

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Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by a need to be taken care of & fear of being alone, want acceptance of others & excessively rely on others for emotional support?

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by feelings of inadequacy extremely sensitive to what others think about them & rejection, are socially withdrawn & shy?

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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What personality disorder is characterized by preoccupation w/ orderliness, perfectionism, rules, are inflexible on how things should be done & have a difficult time making decisions & fear of making a mistake?

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Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person has an exaggerated sense of self-worth, looks for someone who will cater to their ego, lack humility, are self-centered/demanding/perfectionist, are grandiose & believe they have inalienable rights to receive special consideration, are entitled to special rights & privileges & are superior to others. And may response w/ rage if they don’t get the feedback they want?

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person is always on guard, ready for any real or imagined threat, are tense & irritable, always feel like other are going to take advantage of them, they trust no one & are constantly testing honesty of others, don’t take responsibility, & can have aggressive, violent brief outbursts?

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Paranoid Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person has a difficult time keeping a job & stable relationship, is cold, callous, lack warmth/compassion but are suspicious of others, are restless, easily bored, immune to danger, can be charming when they want their way & if don’t get it are easily provoked to attack, trust only themselves, do not obey the law, low tolerance & frustration, & often use projection?

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person wants to be the center of attention, show somatic & dependent signs, require constant affirmation of approval & acceptance from others, are overly gregarious, manipulative, strongly dependent, can portray a carefree/sophisticated or inhibited/naive persona, mild pathological form & have a difficult time maintaining long-lasting relationships?

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Histrionic Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person is aloof, socially withdrawn, cold, indifferent to others, prefer isolation, unsociable, shy, anxious, uneasy in presence of others, difficulty experiencing pleasure, bland, constricted, have no facial expressions, & are resistant to praise?

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Schizoid Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person is directly/indirectly self-destructive, always seem to be in a state of crisis, have little tolerance of being alone, reckless behavior, shows clinging behavior then develop dependency to them or shows distance behavior w/ hostility/anger, are self-mutilative, often say they are going to commit suicide & manipulate & split staff?

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person may have illusions, suspicions, depersonalization, aloof, isolated, apathetic, magical thinking, delusion of reference, if under stress will decompensated & demonstrate brief psychotic symptoms, talk & make gestures to self, & laugh inappropriately about things that should be sad?

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Schizotypal personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person feels unwanted by others, have anger towards self, depression/anxiety is common, mistrusting, lonely, avoid work, school, socialization w/ no clear cause, selfless, don’t like to fail, are awkward/uncomfortable in social situations, slow speech, hesitation, & desire companionship but is hard for them?

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Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person is rigid/unbending about rules/procedures, over disciplined, intelligent, polite, stubborn, work diligent, meticulous, use undoing, reaction formation, isolation, intellectualization, & rationalization as defense mechanisms?

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person has low self-esteem, internal void, assume passive submissive role in relationships, have an urgent urge to find a replacement if relationship ends, have a tendency to let people make decisions for them, tolerate mistreatment, demean oneself, lack self-confidence, can’t be assertive when they need to be, underplay own attractiveness/achievements, fearful & vulnerable, avoid responsibility, & have low self-worth?

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Dependent Personality Disorder

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Name this personality disorder: this person procrastinates, is deliberately inefficient, forgetful, stubborn, argumentative, defend their own rights, & may appear one way but acts another way?

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Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder

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What does NOS stand for?

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Not Otherwise Specified

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An illusion is…

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an image

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An allusion is….

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a thought