Personality Disorders

Question 1

Cluster A

Answer 1

paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal. (eccentric)

Question 2

Cluster B

Answer 2

antisocial, borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic (drama)

Question 3

Cluster C

Answer 3

avoidant, dependent, and OCD (odd)

Question 4

Paranoid personality disorder:

A

Answer 4

• persistent mistrust and suspiciousness of others
• believe that others are out to harm, take advantage of, or betray them
• feels this way despite having no evidence to support their claims
• worries with unproven doubts of colleagues and friends
• fear that info they share will be used against them

Question 5

Schizoid personality disorder:

A

Answer 5

• persistent pattern of aloofness from relationships and decreased emotional expression
• desire solitary activity and doesn’t want or like close relationships including family relationships
• no friends or pleasures in life
• appear to lack any desire for sexual experiences and appear emotionally distant and detached
• unconcerned when they receive praise or criticism from others

Question 6

Schizotypal personality disorder:

A

Answer 6

• persistent pattern of involving difficulty with relationships as evidenced by severe uneasiness with and decreased ability for intimate relationships
• lack of close friends
• strange, eccentric behaviour
• misinterpret
• tend to be superstitious and have odd beliefs or magical thinking
• bizarre thinking and speech
• social anxiety and paranoid worries
• when they experience extreme stress they decompensated and become psychotic resulting in hospitalization

Question 7

Antisocial personality disorder:

B

Answer 7

• pattern of not conforming to social norms
• have a disregard for and violate the rights of others
• dishonest as evidence by frequent lying and deceiving other for personal gain/pleasure
• impulsive, irritable, aggressive, reckless, irresponsible and lack for remorse
• difficulty with authority figures and often have ODD as children
• end up in prison usually

Question 8

Borderline personality disorder:

B

Answer 8

• pattern of volatile interactions with other
• extreme impulsive and make attempts to prevent genuine or imagined abandonment
• have intense, unstable relationships that swing b/c of extremism of admiration and deprecation
• engage in repeated self-mutilating behaviours
• express feelings of emptiness, anger, and stress
• commonly splitting

Question 9

Histrionic personality disorder:

B

Answer 9

• attention seeking behaviour
• uneasy in situations unless they are the centre of attention
• often provocative and use their physical appearance to draw others in
• very dramatic and theatrical
• easily swayed by others
• tend to think relationships are closer than they truly are

Question 10

Narcissitic:

B

Answer 10

• pattern of pretentiousness and need for approval and high regard
• sense of entitlement
• take advantage of people for their own personal gain
• exaggerated self worth
• may distort facts and accusations
• rage impairs their judgement and thinking

Question 11

Avoidant personality disorder:

C

Answer 11

• shyness, feelings of incompetence, and extreme sensitivity to criticism
• will avoid situations that involve interaction with others d/t fear of negative reaction
• don’t get involved with others unless they know they will be accepted
• don’t talk about themselves
• think of themselves as inferior or unattractive

Question 12

Dependent personality disorder:

C

Answer 12

• concern or worry over the orderliness, perfectionism, control and details of an activity
• focused only on work and productivity
• don’t like to throw away meaningless, valueless object, tend to save money for misfortune
• stubborn and rigid
  may be dx with concurrent anxiety disorder