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Define Personality Disorder |
Def: a deeply ingrained and maladaptive pattern of behavior where ones train of thought is extreme, inflexible, and persistent; creating dysfunctions in the way he/her perceives and functions in the world. |
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How many personality disorders exists in the DSM and among how many clusters are they divided? |
a. 10 b. 3 |
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Cluster A is regarded as the [...] and is made of the following: |
Odd/ Eccentric - Schizotypal Personality Disorder - Schizoid Personality Disorder - Paranoid Personality Disorder |
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Cluster B is regarded as the [...] and is made up of the following disorders: |
Dramatic/ Erratic - Antisocial Personality Disorder -Borderline Personality Disorder -Histrionic Personality Disorder - Narcissistic Personality Disorder |
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Cluster C is regarded as the [...] and is made up of the following disorders: |
Anxious/ Fearful - Avoidant Personality Disorder -Dependent Personality Disorder -Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder |
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What are some key characteristics of Antisocial Personality Disorder: |
Def: pattern of irresponsible behaviors, disregard of the rights of others, and lack of empathy. more common in men ; high co-occurring of substance abuse; high prison population |
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What are some key characteristics of Avoidant Personality Disorder: |
def: fear of criticism, rejection and disapproval - avoids interpersonal situations - inhibited in social situations - does not take new risks - high co-morbitity with social anxiety disorder and major depression |
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What are some key characteristics of Obsessive- Compulsive Personality Disorder:
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Def: Intense need for order and control carried out through ; occupation with rules, details, schedules ; perfectionism; workaholism; and "control freaks" - rigid and inflexible, especially morally |
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What are some key characteristics of Dependent Personality Disorder:
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Def: An excessive need to be taken care illustrated through the following domains: 1. needing others to take responsibly for major life decisions 2. difficulty of doing things on their own 3. doing disenjoyable things in order to keep externalized support 4. preoccupation with fears of taking care of oneself 5. comes across as emotionally delayed |
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What are some key characteristics of Histrionic Disorder:
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Def: excessive emotionality and attention seeking shown through 1. needing to be center of attention 2. inappropriate sexual behavior 3. rapidly shifting expression of emotions 4. Exaggerated ,theatrical emotional expression 5. considers relationships to be closer than they are |
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What are some key characteristics of Narcissistic Personality Disorder: |
Def: Grandiose self on the surface, fragile self on inside; lack of empathy, sense of entitlement, self importance, exploiting others, manipulative, seeking attention and admiration, climbing for social status; maintenance of of self-concept |
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What are some key characteristics of Schizoid Personality Disorder: |
Def: deficiency in interpersonal detachment and restricted emotions, illustrated through: 1. strong detachment from others 2. isolated life; lacks close relationships 3. prefers solitude to companionship; enjoy alone time 4. flat affect; apathy 5. few to no pleasurable activities 6. Deemed "loners" |
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What are some key characteristics of Paranoid Personality Disorder: |
Def: characterized by a chronic sense of being suspicious of others through 1. pervasive,unjustified suspiciousness of being harmed, deceived and exploited by others 2. reluctancy to confide in others 3. paranoidpersonality 4. Angry reactions to perceived attacks on character or reputation |
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What are some key characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder: |
def: emotionally unstable personality disorder, is a long-term pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by unstable relationships with other people, unstable sense of self, and unstable emotions witnessed through: 1. high impulsivity; inconsistency 2.unstable/ stormy intense relationships 3. frantic efforts of avoiding abandonment, rejection and trauma 4. drastic changes in emotional self-expression from high to low 5. sense of self is very unstable; difficult time knowing themselves |
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What are some key characteristics of schizotypal Disorder: |
Def: Unusual and eccentric thoughts and behaviors (psychoticism), interpersonal detachment, and suspiciousness; Odd beliefs or magical thinking; Illusions - similarityto schizophrenia |
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How are odd personality disorders and schizophrenia related?
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When someone has an "odd" disorder there is a high chance that they have a blood relative with full blown schizophrenia
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Which personality disorders are in the dramatic cluster
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narcissistic, borderline, histrionic, antisocial |
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Which personality disorders are in the anxious/fearful cluster
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dependent, obsessive compulsive, avoidant |
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Which personality disorders are in odd/ eccentricity cluster?
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schizotypal, schizoid, and paranoid |
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What demographic population is likely to have BPD? |
young woman |
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List the personality disorder that is similar to schizophrenia: |
schizotypal |
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BPD is called a middle ground diagnosis because it is between [...] and [..], yet doesn't met criteria for either since [...] and [...] |
psychosis and neurosis
doesn't experience delusions or hallucinations for psychosis, and lack stability for neurosis |
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Which PD is concerned with following rules and perfectionism? |
Obsessive -compulsive Personality Disorder |
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Which PD comes across as emotionally delayed? |
Dependent Personality Disorder |
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Which PD desires to be the center of attention? |
Histrionic |
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This PD is likely to exploit others in order to receive praise and admiration? |
Narcissistic |
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This PD prefers solitude |
schizoid |
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This PD behaves in eccentric manners |
schizotypal |
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This PD fosters a chronic suspicion of others |
Paranoid |
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This PD lacks a strong self-concept, resulting in unstable- emotional relationships |
Boderline |
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This PD lacks abilities of empathy, and disregards the rights of others |
antisocial |
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This PD minimizes risks in hopes of negative social evaluation |
avoidant |
