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Personality Disorder
Personality Disorders
Question | Answer |
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Paranoid Personality Disorder | Paranoid about everything, bear grudges, trouble in relationships, stalkers, abusive spouse |
Schizoid Pers. Dis. | Pervasive pattern of detachment from relationships, the loner, shows no emotion, don't care if you criticize them or praise them, very cold, into math/computers |
Schizotypal Pers. Dis. | discomfort with close relationships, eccentrics--artists, poets, psychics, superstitious, odd thinking, long, curly nails, weird affect, paranoia--social anxiety |
Anti-social pers. dis. | pervasive pattern of disregard for others since age 18. lack of remorse, no compassion. |
Borderline Pers. dis. | A pattern of instability in several areas of life; needy, avoid abandonment, sabotage relationships |
Histrionic Pers Dis. | seductive, gullible, pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking; needs to be center of attention, act like children |
Narcissistic pers dis | seems most concerned with or in love with themselves, everyone else's fault, criterion is grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy, brags a lot, believe that they're special and can only be understood by a special, qualified person, sense of enti |
Avoidant Pers. dis | Avoids all types of situations, social inhibitions, hypersensitivity to criticism, feelings of inadequacy |
Dependent pers dis | might be diagnosed with substance abuse; can't be alone, need to be taken care of-clingy behavior, fear of separation, need excessive advice and assurance from others, scared to disagree; helpless when alone, preoccupied with being left alone |