OCTH 614 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
18 Dec 2020
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Characterized by pattern over time, not as an episode. Characteristic isolation from social support, preoccupation, and depressed. If there is psychosis, further eval indicated: cluster b: dramatic-emotional, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder. Treatment: assist to identify thoughts/feelings, avoid embellishing emotions (joining the drama, narcissistic personality disorder. Immature behavior relative to other"s feelings: setting firm limits, consistency, matter of fact, cluster c: anxious-fearful, avoidant personality disorder. Treatment: psychotherapy/assertiveness/group treatment, dependent personality disorder. Pervasive, excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive/clinging behavior. Difficulty initiating projects on own: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Pervasive pattern of perfectionism/inflexibility that interferes with task completion. Also appears to occur in first order relatives. Treatment: usually does not self-refer, long and complex, group and behavioral. Intense relationships alternating between extreme idealization and devaluation. Intense dysphoria/anxiety lasting a brief time: recurrent suicidal behavior, self-mutilating behavior, chronic feelings of emptiness, transient stress related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative.
