Personality Disorders

Question 1

paranoid PD (cluster A)

Answer 1

Suspiciousness and mistrust of others and a tendency to see themselves as blameless

Question 2

Schizoid PD (cluster A)

Answer 2

Impaired social relationships and the inability and lack of desire to form attachments to others

Question 3

Schizotypal PD (cluster A)

Answer 3

Peculiar thought patterns, oddities of perceptions, and speech that interfere with communication and social interaction

Question 4

Histrionic PD (cluster B)

Answer 4

emotional and dramatic, over concern with attractiveness, and tendency to irritability and temper outburst if attention seeking is frustrating

Question 5

Narcissistic PD (cluster B)

Answer 5

Grandiosity, preoccupation with receiving attention, self-promoting, and lack of empathy

Question 6

Antisocial PD (Cluster B)

Answer 6

Lack of moral or ethical development, inability to follow approved models of behavior, deceitfulness, shameless manipulation of others, and history of conduct as a child

Question 7

Borderline PD (Cluster B)

Answer 7

Impulsiveness, inappropriate anger, drastic mood shifts, chronic feelings of boredom and fears of abandonment, and self-injurious behaviors or suicide