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VN 156 Personality
Question | Answer |
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Personality Disorders | When personality traits becomes inflexible and dysfunctional. It can be pervasive, chronic or maladaptive. |
Paranoid Personality Disorder | pattern of distrust, suspicious of others that they are out to get them. Feels attacked by others. |
Schizoid Personality Disorder: | pattern of detachment from social relationships and restricted range of emotions. |
Schizotypal Personality Disorder: | pattern of difficulties in social or interpersonal relationship in which patients suffer acute discomfort. |
Schizotypal Personality Disorder: | a. Eccentric behaviors b. Find close relationships difficult |
Antisocial Personality Disorder: | pattern of disregard for and violation of rights of others. |
Antisocial Personality Disorder: | a. Reckless b. No show of regard to safety of self and others c. Fail to plan ahead d. Irresponsible |
Borderline Personality Disorder: | pattern of instability in interpersonal relationship, self-image, marked compulsivity |
Borderline Personality Disorder: | a. Recurrent suicidal gestures or threats b. Unstable self image c. Inappropriate instant anger d. Difficulty controlling anger |
Histrionic Personality Disorder | pattern of excessive emotionally and attention seeking |
Histrionic Personality Disorder | a. Sexually seductive b. Uses physical to draw attention c. Theatrical d. Emotions – highly exaggerated |
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: | pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration and lack of empathy. |
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: | a. requires excessive admiration. b. Envious of others c. Takes advantage of others to achieve own’s end d. Exhibit arrogant behavior |
Avoidant Personality Disorder: | pattern of social inhibition accompanied by feelings of inadequacy and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation |
Avoidant Personality Disorder: | a. Views self as inferior to others b. Reluctant to take personal risk c. Stay under the radar d. Avoids criticism or disapproval |
Dependent Personality Disorder: | pattern of submission and clinging behavior related to an excessive need to be taken care of |
Dependent Personality Disorder: | a. Damsel in distress b. Seeks relationship as a source of care and support |
Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder: | preoccupation with details, rules, order, very rigid and stubborn |
Split Personality Disorder | frequent utilized mechanism in borderline personality disorder. |