Mnemonics

Question 1

Conduct disorder BAD FOR A BUSINESS

Answer 1

BAD FOR A BUSINESS
B - Bullying
A - Animal cruelty
D - Destroying other’s property

F - Fighting
O - Out late at night
R - Running away from home

A - Actively forcing sex

B - Being cruel to people
U - Using a weapon
S - Setting fires
I - Into someone's house, building, or car
N - Not going to school
E - Everyday lying or conning others
S - Stealing while confronting a victim
S - Stealing without confronting a victim

Question 2

BPD IMPULSIVE

Answer 2

I - Impulsive: “Are you by nature an impulsive person? (e.g. - shop lifting, binging, gaming)”
M - Moodiness: “Do you find it difficult to control your emotions?”
P - Paranoia or dissociation under stress: “Do you ever feel you dissociate or feel things aren’t real during stress (e.g. - zoning out, feeling like in a dream, or feeling the world around you isn’t real)?”
U - Unstable self-image: “Do you feel that you have a poor sense of who you are and your identity?” “How would you describe yourself as a person?” “What are you interests?” “Ever have uncertainty about sexual orientation?” “What are your values as a person?”
L - Labile intense relationships: “Are your romantic relationships intense, where people can be amazing one moment but awful the next?”
S - Suicidal gestures: “Do you self-harm?”
I - Inappropriate anger: “Are you quick to anger?”
V - Vulnerability to abandonment: “Is it hard for you when people in your life leave you? Do you have a constant fear of being abandoned by others?”
E - Emptiness: “Do you frequently feel empty inside?” (Emptiness is a unique feeling in BPD - either you have it or you don’t)

Question 3

ASPD CORRUPT

Answer 3

C - Cannot conform to the law
O - Obligations ignored
R - Reckless disregard for safety
R - Remorseless
U - Underhanded (deceitful)
P - Planning insufficient (impulsive)
T - Temper (irritable, aggressive)

Question 4

HISTRIONIC PRAISE ME

Answer 4

Provocative (or seductive) behavior
Relationships are considered more intimate than they actually are
Attention-seeking
Influenced easily
Speech (style) wants to impress; lacks detail
Emotional lability; shallowness
Make-up; physical appearance is used to draw attention to self
Exaggerated emotions; theatrical

Question 5

Mania DIG FAST

Answer 5

D - Distractibility
I - Indiscretion
G - Grandiosity
F - Flight of ideas
A - Activity increased
S - Sleep decreased
T - Talkativeness