Personality Disorders

Question 1

Personality Disorder

Answer 1

• DSM-5 states diagnosis of a personality disorder only when personality traits appear from adolescence;
  are inflexible;
  stable and expressed In a range of situations;
  Lead to distress or impairment

Question 2

Borderline Personality Disorder

Answer 2

• instability in mood, identity and impulse control.
• Tends to be impulsive and unpredictable
• Unsure who they are or their life goals shift year to year
• Experiences the world as ‘split’ and experiences either go good or bad, people either good or bad

Question 3

Dissociative fugue

Answer 3

• sudden unexpected travel away from home or work accompanied by amnesia for significant events

Question 4

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Answer 4

• characterised by the presence of two or more unique personality states/identities that disrupt a usual identity
• No conclusive evidence, but research shows significant differences in respiration rates;
  Brain wave activity; glass prescriptions; voice patterns and handwriting
• childhood trauma
• sociocognitive model

Question 5

Sociocognitive Model

Answer 5

• People’s expectancies and beliefs shaped by certain psychotherapeutic procedures and cultural influences and a tendency to fantasies and misremember events, rather than early traumas - account for origin and maintenance of DID