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1. - Limited strategies for relating, approach to relationships and to
environ- ment is inflexible and maladaptive
- Vicious cycles that continue the patterns and provide negative reactions
in others
- Lack of resilience when faced with stressful situations: 3 features of
person- ality disorders seen in all persons with personality disorders
2. Enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from
per- son's culture and is manifested in at least two of the following:
- Cognition
- Affect
- Interpersonal functioning or impulse control: general diagnostic criteria fo
PDs
3. Related to real or threatened loneliness, Manipulative
- Projection (Their inadequacy or insecurities on others)
- Splitting (Seeing people as all good or all bad; Pit people against each
other)
- Projective identification (May project their insecurities on another
person and judge them for that): coping mechanisms related to PDs
4. odd or eccentric behavior
the loner:
- paranoid PD = distrust and suspicious
-Schizoid PD = detachment from social relationships and restricted range
of expression
- Schizotypal PD = reduced capacity for close relationships, cognitive
or perceptual distortions, eccentric behavior: What is Cluster A PD (3)
5. dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors
the bitch:
- antisocial PD = disregard for and violation of the rights of others (not
worried about hurting others)
- borderline PD = instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image,
affect, and impulsivity (call you names to get what they want)
- narcissistic PD = grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy
- histrionic PD = excessive emotionally / attention seeking: What is cluster B
PD (4)
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6. fearful, anxious behaviors
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the clean baby:
- dependent PD = excessive need to be taken care of, submissive and
clinging, fear of separation (learned helplessness and reluctant to try things
on their own)
- Obsessive-compulsive PD = preoccupation with orderliness and
perfection- ism
- avoidant PD = social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity
to negative evaluation (reluctant to try new things, constructive criticism
is threatening): what is cluster C PD
7. cluster B, the bitch: which PD cluster is seen most often?
8. b. "I'll need to learn more about this patient's cultural beliefs.": 1. Which
statement made by the psychiatric nurse demonstrates an accurate
understanding of the factors that affect an individual's personality?
a. "Therapy will help her identify that her problems are personality
related."
b."I'll need to learn more about this patient's cultural beliefs."
c. "It's encouraging to know that personality disorders respond well to
treatment."
d. "A person's personality is fluid and adjusts to current social situations.
9. d. "I'd really like to hurt her for hurting me."
immediate safety need: 2. When assessing a patient diagnosed with a
borderline personality disorder, which statement by the patient
warrants immediate attention?
a. "My mother died ten years ago."
b."I haven't needed medication in weeks."
c. "My dad never loved me."
d. "I'd really like to hurt her for hurting me."
10.a. There aren't sufficient studies to confirm the role that ethnicity and
race have on the prevalence of personality disorders.: 3. What is the
current accepted professional view of the effect of culture on the
development of a personality disorder?
a.There aren't sufficient studies to confirm the role that ethnicity and
race have on the prevalence of personality disorders.
b. The North American and Australian cultures produce higher
incidences of person- ality disorders among their populations.
c.Neither culture nor ethnic background is generally considered in the
development of personality disorders.
d. Personality disorders have been found to be primarily the products
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of genetic factors, not cultural factors.
11. a. Paranoid
b. Schizoid
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1. - Limited strategies for relating, approach to relationships and to
environ- ment is inflexible and maladaptive
- Vicious cycles that continue the patterns and provide negative reactions
in others
- Lack of resilience when faced with stressful situations: 3 features of
person- ality disorders seen in all persons with personality disorders
2. Enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates from
per- son's culture and is manifested in at least two of the following:
- Cognition
- Affect
- Interpersonal functioning or impulse control: general diagnostic criteria fo
PDs
3. Related to real or threatened loneliness, Manipulative
- Projection (Their inadequacy or insecurities on others)
- Splitting (Seeing people as all good or all bad; Pit people against each
other)
- Projective identification (May project their insecurities on another
person and judge them for that): coping mechanisms related to PDs
4. odd or eccentric behavior
the loner:
- paranoid PD = distrust and suspicious
-Schizoid PD = detachment from social relationships and restricted range
of expression
- Schizotypal PD = reduced capacity for close relationships, cognitive
or perceptual distortions, eccentric behavior: What is Cluster A PD (3)
5. dramatic, emotional, or erratic behaviors
the bitch:
- antisocial PD = disregard for and violation of the rights of others (not
worried about hurting others)
- borderline PD = instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image,
affect, and impulsivity (call you names to get what they want)
- narcissistic PD = grandiosity, need for admiration, lack of empathy
- histrionic PD = excessive emotionally / attention seeking: What is cluster B
PD (4)
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6. fearful, anxious behaviors
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the clean baby:
- dependent PD = excessive need to be taken care of, submissive and
clinging, fear of separation (learned helplessness and reluctant to try things
on their own)
- Obsessive-compulsive PD = preoccupation with orderliness and
perfection- ism
- avoidant PD = social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity
to negative evaluation (reluctant to try new things, constructive criticism
is threatening): what is cluster C PD
7. cluster B, the bitch: which PD cluster is seen most often?
8. b. "I'll need to learn more about this patient's cultural beliefs.": 1. Which
statement made by the psychiatric nurse demonstrates an accurate
understanding of the factors that affect an individual's personality?
a. "Therapy will help her identify that her problems are personality
related."
b."I'll need to learn more about this patient's cultural beliefs."
c. "It's encouraging to know that personality disorders respond well to
treatment."
d. "A person's personality is fluid and adjusts to current social situations.
9. d. "I'd really like to hurt her for hurting me."
immediate safety need: 2. When assessing a patient diagnosed with a
borderline personality disorder, which statement by the patient
warrants immediate attention?
a. "My mother died ten years ago."
b."I haven't needed medication in weeks."
c. "My dad never loved me."
d. "I'd really like to hurt her for hurting me."
10.a. There aren't sufficient studies to confirm the role that ethnicity and
race have on the prevalence of personality disorders.: 3. What is the
current accepted professional view of the effect of culture on the
development of a personality disorder?
a.There aren't sufficient studies to confirm the role that ethnicity and
race have on the prevalence of personality disorders.
b. The North American and Australian cultures produce higher
incidences of person- ality disorders among their populations.
c.Neither culture nor ethnic background is generally considered in the
development of personality disorders.
d. Personality disorders have been found to be primarily the products
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of genetic factors, not cultural factors.
11. a. Paranoid
b. Schizoid
