Personality Disorders
Personality Components - answer Temperament - Genetically Determine d
Character - Environmentally Determined
Factors Contributing to Personality - answer Genetics
Past Experiences
Present Experiences
View of Future
Personality Traits - answer Characteristic patterns of perceiving, interacting with and
thinking about one's environment
Personality Disorder – answer ENDURING, INFLEXIBLE and MALADAPTIVE manner
of interacting with one's environment
Personality Disorder Diagnosis - answer Don’t make them based on one visit; it could
be uncharacteristic of the patient
Patient's can have more than one from more than one cluster
Why are Personality Disorders Important? - answer Increased Morbidity and Mortality
Influence of on Medication regiments
Clusters of Personality Disorders - answerCLUSTER A: Odd, eccentric
CLUSTER B: Dramatic, Erratic, Emotional
CLUSTER C: Anxious, Fearful
Cluster A - answerODD, ECCENTRIC
DISORDERS: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal
Cluster B - answerDRAMATIC, ERRATIC, EMOTIONAL
DISORDERS: Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline
Cluster C - answerANXIOUS, FEARFUL
DISORDERS: Dependent, Avoidant, Obsessive-Compulsive
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - answerCluster A
Odd, Eccentric Behavior with Perceptual Distortions
Personality Components - answer Temperament - Genetically Determine d
Character - Environmentally Determined
Factors Contributing to Personality - answer Genetics
Past Experiences
Present Experiences
View of Future
Personality Traits - answer Characteristic patterns of perceiving, interacting with and
thinking about one's environment
Personality Disorder – answer ENDURING, INFLEXIBLE and MALADAPTIVE manner
of interacting with one's environment
Personality Disorder Diagnosis - answer Don’t make them based on one visit; it could
be uncharacteristic of the patient
Patient's can have more than one from more than one cluster
Why are Personality Disorders Important? - answer Increased Morbidity and Mortality
Influence of on Medication regiments
Clusters of Personality Disorders - answerCLUSTER A: Odd, eccentric
CLUSTER B: Dramatic, Erratic, Emotional
CLUSTER C: Anxious, Fearful
Cluster A - answerODD, ECCENTRIC
DISORDERS: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal
Cluster B - answerDRAMATIC, ERRATIC, EMOTIONAL
DISORDERS: Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline
Cluster C - answerANXIOUS, FEARFUL
DISORDERS: Dependent, Avoidant, Obsessive-Compulsive
Schizotypal Personality Disorder - answerCluster A
Odd, Eccentric Behavior with Perceptual Distortions
