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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the definition of a personality disorder?
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Inflexible and maladaptive personality traits causing significant impairment in social/occupational function
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What is the definition of personality?
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superordinate concept describing enduring personal organization of an individual
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What is the definition of temperament?
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geneticall independent dimensions of personality associated with basic emotional states (novelty seeking DA, harm avoidance GABA/5-, Reward Dependence attachment NE/5-Ht), Persistence glutamate/5-HT)
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What is character?
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conceptualization of self as an autonomous individual
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Cluster A
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odd or eccentric
paranoid schizoid schizotypal |
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Cluster B
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dramatic and erratic
histrionic narcissistic antisocial borderline increased mood disorder, alcoholism |
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Cluster C
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anxious and fearful
avoidant dependent compulsive passive aggressive |
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Schizoid Personality Disorder
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Cluster A
indifference to social relationships (defect in capacity to form, little desire for involvement), restricted range of emotional experience/expression (constricted affect), without eccentricities of speech/behavior/thought |
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Schizotypal Personality Disorder
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Cluster A
deficits in interpersonal relatedness and peculiarities of ideation/appearance/behavior oddities of above, but not severe enough to be schizophrenia |
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
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Cluster A
tendency to interpret actions of people as deliberately demeaning/threatening, suspiciousness/mistrust of others, hypersensitivity |
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Histrionic
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Cluster B
pervasive pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking |
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Narcissistic
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Cluster B
pervasive pattern of grandiosity (fantasy or behavior), lack of empathy, hypersensitive to others' evaluations, sense of self-importance, disturbances in interpersonal relationships |
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Antisocial
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Cluster B
behavior disregard for and violation of the rights of others, failure to sustain job, failure at most things, impulsivity, lying |
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Borderline
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Cluster B
pattern of instability in variety of areas, "as if" personality, fragile cohesiveness of self |
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
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Cluster C
hypersensitivity to rejection, humiliation or shame, withdrawl |
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Dependent Personality Disorder
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Cluster C
pattern of dependent and submissive behavior due to lack of self-confidence in ability to function independently |
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Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
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Cluster C
perfectionism and inflexibility, restricted ability to express warm/tender feelings, interferes with ability to grasp overall concepts, lack of pleasure, indecisiveness |
