Distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting motives as malevolent
Paranoid personality disorder
No desire to make friends, content with being alone
Schizoid personality
Eccentric behavior and peculiar thought patterns.
Perceived as strange or odd.
Schizotypal personality disorder
Disregard for and violation of rights of others
18 years old+
Antisocial personality disorder
Unstable moods and interpersonal relationships
- fear abandonment
- intense attachment
Borderline personality disorder
Attention-seeking behavior, excessive emotionality
- flamboyant, extroverted
- seductive or productive behavior
Histrionic personality disorder
Superiority, need for admiration, lack of empathy
- consider themselves “special” and exploit others
- have fragile self-esteem
Narcissistic personality disorder
Social inhibition and intense fear of rejection
- avoid situations where they will be rejected
- desire companionship but shy and easily injured
Avoidant personality disorder
Poor self-confidence, fear of separation
Excessive need to be taken care of
Allow others to make decisions for them
Dependent personality disorder
Perfectionism, inflexibility, orderliness
- preoccupied w/ unimportant details
- unable to complete tasks in timely fashion
Obsessive-compulsion personality disorder
Unstable relationships + unstable self image
- impulsivity
- frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
- anger + emptiness
Borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Unstable relationships + unstable self image
- impulsivity
- frantic efforts to avoid abandonment
- anger and emptiness
Fear abandonment
React to fears of rejection with increasing submissiveness
Dependent personality disorder
Gambling disorder
1 year or longer Preoccupation w/ gambling Inability to stop Financial losses Damaged relationships
Violating societal norms + rights of others At least 1 year, under 18 Aggression + cruelty to people + animals Deceitfulness/theft/stealing Serious violation of rules
Conduct disorder
What might push you over toward panic disorder if you are between two answers?
Unexpected panic attacks
- patient’s fear becomes related to an unpredictable future attack
Two Treatments for Tourette’s?
Habit reversal therapy
Guanfacine – alpha 2 agonist
Oppositional defiant disorder
vs.
Conduct Disorder
ODD: anger, defiant, vindictive
Conduct: adds physical aggression + violating others’ rights
What drug may help reduce:
- self-mutilation
- nightmares
Self-mutilation: naltrexone
Nightmares: prazosin
