Personality disorders

Question 1

Which personality disorder is described here?

• Failure to conform to social norms with respect to law (Multiple arrests etc)
• Repeatedly lying
• Impulsive
• Reckless disregard of their own and others safety
• Lack of remorse

Answer 1

Anti social personality disorder

Question 2

Which personality disorder is described here?

• Avoiding of social activities due to fear of rejection
• Unwilling to go into new situations unless sure of being accepted/liked
• Restraint in intimate relationships due to fear of being ridiculed
• Views self as inept
• Social isolation and craving for social contact

Answer 2

Avoidant

Question 3

Which personality disorder is described here?

• Unstable interpersonal relationships
• Difficulty controlling temper
• Affective instability
• Impulsive sexual and spending behaviour
• Efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment

Answer 3

Borderline

Question 4

Which personality disorder is described here?

• Difficulty making everyday decisions
• Lack of initiative
• Need for others to have responsibilty for their decisions.

Answer 4

Dependent

Question 5

What personality disorder is being described here?

• Inappropriate sexual seductiveness
• Need to be the centre of attention
• Rapidly shifting and shallow expression of emotions
• Suggestibility
• Physical appearance used for attention seeking purposes
• Impressionistic speech lacking detail
• Self dramatization
• Relationships considered to be more intimate than they are

Answer 5

Histrionic

Question 6

What personality disorder is being described here?

• Grandiose sense of self importance
• Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, or beauty
• Sense of entitlement
• Taking advantage of others to achieve own needs
• Lack of empathy
• Excessive need for admiration
• Chronic envy
• Arrogant and haughty attitude

Answer 6

Narcissistic

Question 7

What personality disorder is being described here?
- Is occupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or agenda to the point that the key part of the activity is gone
- Demonstrates perfectionism that hampers with completing tasks
Is extremely dedicated to work and efficiency to the elimination of spare time activities
- Is meticulous, scrupulous, and rigid about etiquettes of morality, ethics, or values
- Is not capable of disposing worn out or insignificant things even when they have no sentimental meaning
- Is unwilling to pass on tasks or work with others except if they surrender to exactly their way of doing things
- Takes on a stingy spending style towards self and others; and shows stiffness and stubbornness

Answer 7

Obsessive Compulsive

Question 8

What personality disorder is being described here?

• Hypersensitivity and an unforgiving attitude when insulted
• Unwarranted tendency to questions the loyalty of friends
• Reluctance to confide in others
• Preoccupation with conspirational beliefs and hidden meaning
• Unwarranted tendency to perceive attacks on their character

Answer 8

Paranoid

Question 9

What personality disorder is being described here?

• Indifference to praise and criticism
• Preference for solitary activities
• Lack of interest in sexual interactions
• Lack of desire for companionship
• Emotional coldness
• Few interests
• Few friends or confidants other than family

Answer 9

Schizoid

Question 10

What personality disorder is being described here?

• Ideas of reference (differ from delusions in that some insight is retained)
• Odd beliefs and magical thinking
• Unusual perceptual disturbances
• Paranoid ideation and suspiciousness
• Odd, eccentric behaviour
• Lack of close friends other than family members
• Inappropriate affect
• Odd speech without being incoherent

Answer 10

Schizotypal

Question 11

What is included in the cluster A personality disorders?

Answer 11

“Odd and Eccentric”

• Paranoid
• Schizoid
• Schizotypal

Question 12

What is included in the cluster B personality disorders?

Answer 12

“Dramatic and Emotional”

• Borderline
• Narcissistic
• Histrionic
• Antisocial

Question 13

What is included in the cluster C personality disorders?

Answer 13

“Anxious and fearful”

• Avoidant
• Dependant
• Obsessive compulsive