Fa Based Personality Disorder Clusters P.468/469

Front 1

What is the difference between a personality trait and disorder?

Back 1

Trait is more mild than disorder which I presume is more mild than disease.

personality trait is an enduring pattern of perceiving or relating to and thinking about the environment and oneself

personality disorder is inflexible, maladaptive and rigidly pervasive pattern of behavior causing subjective distress and impaired functioning. Generally the person is not aware of the problem.

Front 2

What are personality disorders?

Back 2

Inflexible, maladaptive, and rigidly pervasive pattern of behavior causing subjective distress and/
or impaired functioning;

person is usually not aware of problem.

Usually presents by early adulthood.

Front 3

What are the 3 Clusters of personality disorders and why are they grouped together?

Back 3

Cluster A (weird)
Cluster B (wild)
Cluster C (worried)

they are grouped together since they have similar signs, symptoms and characteristics.

Front 4

How to remember the letters of the cluster and the included disorders?

Back 4

A - Accusatory, Aloof, Awkward (weird)
B - Bad to the Bone (4 disorders) (wild)
C - Cowardly, compulsive, Clingy (worried)

Front 5

Cluster A disorders ?

Back 5

PSS
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal

Front 6

Cluster B disorders?

Back 6

ABHN
Antisocial
Borderline
Histironic
Narcissistic

Front 7

Cluster C disorders?

Back 7

AOD
Avoidant
Obsessive compulsive
Dependent

Front 8

Paranoid

Back 8

Cluster A

Pervasive distrust and suspiciousness; projection is the major defense mechanism

Front 9

Schizoid

Back 9

Cluster A

Voluntary social withdrawal, limited emotional expression, content with social isolation (vs. avoidant).

SchizoiD= Distant

Front 10

Schizotypal

Back 10

Cluster A

Eccentric appearance, odd beliefs or magical thinking, interpersonal awkwardness.

SchizoTypal = magical Thinking.

Front 11

Antisocial

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Cluster B

Disregard for and violation of rights of others, criminality; males> females; conduct disorder if< 18 years.

AntiSocial =Sociopath .

Front 12

Borderline

Back 12

Cluster B

Unstable mood and interpersonal relationships, impulsiveness, self-mutilation, boredom, sense of emptiness ; females> males; splitting is a major defense mechanism.

Front 13

Histironic

Back 13

Cluster B

Excessive emotionality and excitability, attention seeking, sexually provocative, overly concerned with appearance

Front 14

Narcissistic

Back 14

Cluster B

Grandiosity, sense of entitlement; lacks empathy
and requires excessive admiration ; often demands the "best" and reacts to criticism with rage.

Front 15

Avoidant

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Cluster C

Hypersensitive to rejection, socially inhibited, timid, feelings of inadequacy, desires relationships with others (vs. schizoid).

Front 16

Obsessive-Compulsive

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Cluster C

Preoccupation with order, perfectionism, and control ; ego-syntonic: behavior consistent with one's own beliefs and attitudes (vs. OCD).

Front 17

Dependent

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Cluster C

Submissive and clinging, excessive need to be taken care of, low self confidence.

Front 18

Difference and Similarities of Schizoid & avoidant - clusters?

Back 18

Avoidant - Cluster C - major difference is that they desire relationships. and are socially inhibited.

Schizoid - Cluster A - socially withdrawn and does NOT seek relationships. think schizoiD = Distant

Front 19

The spectrum of schizos?

Back 19

Schizoid < schiztoypal < schizophrenic < schizoaffective

First 2 are personality disorders
(schizotypal = schizoid w/ magical Thinking)

2nd 2 are chronic disseases
Schizophrenia - pervasive (>1mo duration) & thinking is more extreme than schizotypal

Schizoaffective - most severe has schizophrenia + bipolar/depression

Front 20

What is the importance of time frame in Schizophrenia?

Back 20

Changes the diagnosis

<1mo = brief psychotic disorder
1-6mo = Schizophreniform disorder
>6mo = schizophrenia