Personality Disorders Flashcards
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What are the 10 personality disorders?
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- Schizoid
- Schizotypal
- paranoid
- antisocial
- borderline
- histrionic
- narcissistic
- obsessive compulsive (anankastic)
- avoidant
- dependent
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Paranoid personality disorder.
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- very distrustful of others, even those close to them
- person is guarded and suspicious
- may hold grudges persistently
- may seek clues and suggestions to support fears
- does not deal with failures or setbacks well
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Schizoid personality disorder.
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- no desire to interact with others or find it difficult
- introverted and fantastical
- lacks emotional response
- detached and aloof and no desire for social or sexual relationships
- generally function quite well
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Schizotypal personality disorder.
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- fear interaction with others
- odd beliefs, magical thinking, suspiciousness and obsessive rumination
- believe others are harmful
- ideas of reference
- high risk of developing schizophrenia
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Antisocial personality disorder.
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- more common in men
- callous unconcern for the feelings of others
- irritable and aggressive
- acts on impulse
- often has criminal history
- lacks guilt
- fails to learn from experience
- turbulent, short lived romantic relationships
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Borderline personality disorder.
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- common
- borderline between psychotic disorder or anxiety disorder
- feelings of emptiness and fears of abandonment
- emotional instability
- outbursts of anger and violence (particularly in response to criticism)
- impulsive behaviour
- acts of self harm common
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Histrionic personality disorder.
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- lack a sense of self-worth, and depend for their wellbeing on attracting the attention and approval of others.
- crave excitement and act on impulse or suggestion and can put themselves at risk
- have insincere affect which may interfere with relationships
- may be overly charming or inappropriately seductive
- do not deal well with criticism
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Narcissistic personality disorder.
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- extreme sense of self-importance and need to be admired
- envious of others and expects them to also be envious of him
- lacks empathy and willing to exploit others to achieve his own aims
- if he feels obstructed or humiliated can fly into fit of destructive anger and revenge
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Avoidant personality disorder.
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- believe that they are socially inept, unappealing, or inferior
- fear being embarrassed, criticized, or rejected.
- thought monitoring
- associated with anxiety disorders
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Dependent personality disorder.
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- lacks self confidence and feels need to be protected
- will look to others to make important decisions for them
- fears abandonment and may go to extreme lengths to ensure maintenance of relationships
- believes others are competent and powerful
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Anankastic (obsessive-compulsive) personality disorder.
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- excessive preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules; perfectionism so extreme that it prevents a task from being completed; and devotion to work and productivity at the expense of leisure and relationships.
- serious personality
- humourless
- doubting and cautious
- ‘black and white’ world view
12
Q
What is often the cause of personality disorders?
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- early trauma
- inherited tendencies towards anxiety, emotional instability, reactivity, sensitivity, self consciousness and being easily upset
13
Q
What kind of psychological therapies are there for personality disorders?
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-mentalisation based therapy (MBT)
14
Q
What is MBT?
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helps to make sense of our thoughts, beliefs, wishes and feelings and to link these to our actions and behaviours
